Recombinant herpesvirus of turkeys and uses thereof

ABSTRACT

The present invention provides a recombinant herpesvirus of turkeys designated S-HVT-050 (ATCC Accession No. VR 2400). A vaccine is provided which comprises an effective immunizing amount of S-HVT-050 and a suitable carrier. A method of immunizing a fowl against disease caused by Marek&#39;s disease virus and Newcastle disease virus is also provided which comprises administering to the fowl an effective immunizing dose of the vaccine of the present invention.

This application is a continuation-in-part of U.S. Ser. No. 08/023,610filed Feb. 26, 1993, which is a continuation-in-part of U.S. Ser. No.07/898,087 filed Jun. 12, 1992, now abandoned; U.S. Ser. No. 07/225,032,filed Jul. 27, 1988, now U.S. Pat. No. 5,223,424, issued Jun. 29, 1993,which is a continuation-in-part of U.S. Ser. No. 07/078,519, filed Jul.27, 1987, now abandoned, U.S. Ser. No. 06/933,107, filed Nov. 20, 1986,now abandoned, U.S. Ser. No. 06/902,887, filed Sep. 2, 1986, nowabandoned, U.S. Ser. No. 06/823,102, filed Jan. 27, 1986, now U.S. Pat.No. 5,068,192, issued Nov. 26, 1991, and U.S. Ser. No. 06/773,430, filedSep. 6, 1985, now U.S. Pat. No. 4,877,737, issued Oct. 31, 1989; U.S.Ser. No. 07/649,380, filed Jan. 31, 1991, now abandoned, which is acontinuation of U.S. Ser. No. 07/078,519, filed Jul. 27, 1987, nowabandoned, which is a continuation-in-part of U.S. Ser. No. 06/993,107,filed Nov. 20, 1986, now abandoned, U.S. Ser. No. 06/902,877, filed Sep.2, 1986, now abandoned, U.S. Ser. No. 06/887,140, filed Jul. 17, 1986,now abandoned, U.S. Ser. No. 06/823,102, filed Jan. 27, 1986, now U.S.Pat. No. 5,068,192, issued Nov. 26, 1991, and U.S. Ser. No. 07/914,057,filed Jul. 13, 1992, now abandoned, which is a continuation of U.S. Ser.No. 07/696,262, filed Apr. 30, 1991, now abandoned, which is acontinuation of U.S. Ser. No. 06/933,107, filed Nov. 20, 1986, nowabandoned, which is a continuation-in-part of U.S. Ser. No. 06/773,430,filed Sep. 6, 1985, now U.S. Pat. No. 4,877,737, issued Oct. 31, 1989,and U.S. Ser. No. 06/823,102 filed Jan. 27, 1986, now U.S. Pat. No.5,068,192, issued Nov. 26, 1991.

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION

The ability to isolate DNA and clone such isolated DNA into bacterialplasmids has greatly expanded the approaches available to make viralvaccines. The methods used to make the present invention involvemodifying cloned DNA sequences from various viral pathogens of animals,by insertions, deletions, single or multiple base changes, andsubsequent insertions of these modified sequences into the genome of thevirus. One utility of the addition of a foreign sequence is achievedwhen the foreign sequence encodes a foreign protein that is expressedduring viral infection of the animal. The resulting live virus may thenbe used in a vaccine to elicit an immune response in a host animal andprovide protection to the animal against disease. A virus with thesecharacteristics is referred to as a viral vector, because it becomes aliving vector that will carry and express the foreign protein in thehost animal. In effect it becomes an elaborate delivery system for theforeign protein(s).

More specifically, the present invention relates to the use ofherpesvirus of turkeys (HVT) as a viral vector for vaccination of birdsagainst disease. The group of herpesviruses comprise various pathogenicagents that infect and cause disease in a number of target species:swine, cattle, chickens, horses, dogs, cats, etc. Each herpesvirus isspecific for its host species, but they are all related in the structureof their genomes, their mode of replication, and to some extent in thepathology they cause in the host animal and in the mechanism of the hostimmune response to the virus infection.

The application of recombinant DNA techniques to animal viruses has arelatively recent history. The first viruses to be engineered have beenthose with the smallest genomes. In the case of the papovaviruses,because these viruses are so small and cannot accommodate much extraDNA, their use in genetic engineering has been as defective replicons.Foreign gene expression from these viruses requires a wild-type helpervirus and is limited to cell culture systems. For adenoviruses, there isa small amount of nonessential DNA that can be replaced by foreignsequences. The only foreign DNA that seems to have been expressed inadenoviruses are the T-antigen genes from papovaviruses (Mansour, etal., Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. US, 1985; Thummel, et al., Cell, 1983;Scolnick, et al., Cell, 1981; Thummel, et al., Cell, 1981), and theherpes simplex virus (HSV) thymidine kinase gene (Haj-Ahmed and Graham,J. of Virology, 1986). These publications do not identify thenonessential regions in HVT wherein foreign DNA may be inserted, nor dothey teach how to achieve the expression of foreign genes in HVT, e.g.,which promoter sequence and termination sequence to use.

Another group of viruses that have been engineered are the poxviruses.One member of this group, vaccinia, has been the subject of muchresearch on foreign gene expression. Poxviruses are large DNA-containingviruses that replicate in the cytoplasm of the infected cell. They havea structure that is unique in that they do not contain any capsid thatis based upon icosahedral symmetry or helical symmetry. The poxvirusesare most likely to have evolved from bacterial-like microorganismsthrough the loss of function and degeneration. In part due to thisuniqueness, the advances made in the genetic engineering of poxvirusescannot be directly extrapolated to other viral systems, includingherpesviruses and HVT. Vaccinia recombinant virus constructs have beenmade in a number of laboratories that express the following insertedforeign genes: HSV thymidine kinase gene (Mackett, et al., Proc. Natl.Acad. Sci. USA, 1982; Panicali and Paoletti, Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA,1982, hepatitis B surface antigen (Paoletti, et al., Proc. Natl. Acad.Sci. USA, 1984; Smith et al., Nature, 1983), HSV glycoprotein D gene,infaluenzae hemagglutinin gene (Panicali, et al., Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci.USA, 1983; Smith, et al., Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA, 1983), malariaantigen gene (Smith, et al., Science, 1984, and vesicular stomatitisglycoprotein G gent (Mackett, et al., Science, 1986). The generaloverall features of vaccinia recombinant DNA work are similar to thetechniques used for all the viruses, especially as they relate to thetechniques in reference (Maniatis, et al., Molecular Cloning, 1982).However in detail, the vaccinia techniques are not applicable toherpesviruses and HVT. The utility of vaccinia as a vaccine vector is inquestion because of its close relationship to human smallpox and itsknown pathogenicity to humans. Thus, the use of the host-specificherpesvirus HVT is a better solution to vaccination of poultry.

Among the primate herpesviruses, only HSV of humans and, to a limitedextent, herpes saimiri of monkeys have been engineered to containforeign DNA sequences. The first use of recombinant DNA to manipulateHSV involved cloning a piece of DNA from the L-S junction region intothe unique long region of HSV DNA, specifically into the thymidinekinase gene (Moccarski, et al., Cell, 1980). This insert was not aforeign piece of DNA, rather it was a naturally occurring piece ofherpesvirus DNA that was duplicated at another place in the genome. Thispiece of DNA was not engineered to specifically express a protein, andthus this work does not involve expression of protein in herpesviruses.The next manipulation of HSV involved the creation of deletions in thevirus genome by a combination of recombinant DNA techniques andthymidine kinase selection. Using this approach, the HSV alpha-22 genehas been deleted (Post, et al., Cell, 1981), and a 15,000 basepairsequence of DNA has been deleted from the internal repeat of HSV(Poffenberger, et al., Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA, 1981).

The following cases involve insertion of genes that encode protein intoherpesviruses: the insertion of HSV glycoprotein C into a naturallyoccurring deletion mutant of this gene in HSV (Gibson and Spear, J. ofVirology, 1983); the insertion of glycoprotein D of HSV type 2 into HSVtype 1 (Lee, et al., Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA, 1982), with nomanipulation of promoter sequences since the gene is not `foreign`; theinsertion of hepatitis B surface antigen into HSV under the control ofthe HSV ICP4 promoter (Shih, et al., Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA, 1984);and the insertion of bovine growth hormone into herpes saimiri viruswith an SV40 promoter (the promoter did not work in this system and anendogenous upstream promoter served to transcribe the gene) (Desrosiers,et al., 1984). Two additional foreign genes (chicken ovalbumin gene andEpstein-Barr virus nuclear antigen) have been inserted into HSV(Arsenakis and Roizman, 1984), and glycoprotein X of pseudorabies virushas been inserted into HSV (Post, et al., 1985).

These cases of deletion or insertion of genes into herpesvirusesdemonstrate that it is possible to genetically engineer herpesvirusgenomes by recombinant DNA techniques. The methods that have been usedto insert genes involve homologous recombination between the viral DNAcloned in plasmids and purified viral DNA transfected into the sameanimal cell. However, the extent to which one can generalize thelocation of the deletion and the sites for insertion of foreign genes isnot known from these previous studies.

One object of the present invention is a vaccine for Marek's disease.Marek's disease virus (MDV) is the causative agent of Marek's diseasewhich encompasses fowl paralysis, a common lymphoproliferative diseaseof chickens. The disease occurs most commonly in young chickens between2 and 5 months of age. The prominent clinical signs are progressiveparalysis of one or more of the extremities, incoordination due toparalysis of legs, drooping of the limb due to wing involvement, and alowered head position due to involvement of the neck muscles. In acutecases, severe depression may result. In the case of highly oncogenicstrains, there is characteristic bursal and thymic atrophy. In addition,there are lymphoid tumors affecting the gonads, lungs, liver, spleen,kidney and thymus (Mohanty and Dutta, 1981).

Most chickens are vaccinated against MDV at one day of age to protectthe bird against MDV for life. Prior to the present invention, theprincipal vaccination method for MDV involved using naturally occurringstrains of turkey herpesvirus (HVT). It would be advantageous toincorporate other antigens into this vaccination at one day of age, butefforts to combine conventional vaccines have not proven satisfactory todate due to competition and immunosuppression between pathogens. Themultivalent HVT-based vaccines engineered in this invention represent anovel way to simultaneously vaccinate against a number of differentpathogens. For the first time, a recombinant HVT with a foreign geneinserted into a non-essential region of the HVT genome is disclosed.

The types of genetic engineering that have been performed on theseherpesviruses consist of cloning parts of the virus DNA into plasmids inbacteria, reconstructuring the virus DNA while in the cloned state sothat the DNA contains deletions of certain sequences, and furthermoreadding foreign DNA sequences either in place of the deletions or atsites removed from the deletions.

A foreign gene of interest targeted for insertion into the genome of HVTmay be obtained from any pathogenic organism of interest. Typically, thegene of interest will be derived from pathogens that in poultry causediseases that have an economic impact on the poultry industry. The genesmay be derived from organisms for which there are existing vaccines, andbecause of the novel advantages of the vectoring technology the HVTderived vaccines will be superior. Also, the gene of interest may bederived from pathogens for which there is currently no vaccine but wherethere is a requirement for control of the disease. Typically, the geneof interest encodes immunogenic polypeptides of the pathogen, and mayrepresent surface proteins, secreted proteins and structural proteins.

A relevant avian pathogen that is a target for HVT vectoring isInfectious Laryngotracheitis virus (ILTV). ILTV is a member of theherpesviridiae family, and this pathogen causes an acute disease ofchickens which is characterized by respiratory depression, gasping andexpectoration of bloody exudate. Viral replication is limited to cellsof the respiratory tract, where in the trachea the infection gives riseto tissue erosion and hemorrhage. In chickens, no drug has beeneffective in reducing the degree of lesion formation or in decreasingclinical signs. Vaccination of birds with various modified forms of theILT virus derived by cell passage and/or tedious regimes ofadministration have conferred acceptable protection in susceptiblechickens. Because of the degree of attenuation of current ILT vaccinescare must be taken to assure that the correct level of virus ismaintained; enough to provide protection, but not enough to causedisease in the flock.

An additional target for the HVT vectoring approach is Newcastledisease, an infectious, highly contagious and debilitating disease thatis caused by the Newcastle disease virus (NDV). NDV is a single-strandedRNA virus of the paramyxovirus family. The various pathotypes of NDV(velogenic, mesogenic, lentogenic) differ with regard to the severity ofthe disease, the specificity and symptoms, but most types seem to infectthe respiratory system and the nervous system. NDV primarily infectschickens, turkeys and other avian species. Historically vaccination hasbeen used to prevent disease, but because of maternal antibodyinterferences, life-span of the bird and route of administration, theproducer needs to adapt immunization protocols to fit specific needs.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION

The present invention provides a recombinant herpesvirus of turkeysdesignated S-HVT-050 (ATCC Accession No. VR 2400). The present inventionfurther provides a vaccine which comprises an effective immunizingamount of S-HVT-050 and a suitable carrier. A method of immunizing afowl against disease caused by Marek's disease virus and Newcastledisease virus is also provided which comprises administering to the fowlan effective immunizing dose of the vaccine of the present invention.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF FIGURES

FIGS. 1A, 1B, and 1C show details of HVT Construction and Map Data.

FIG. 1A shows BamHI restriction fragment map of the HVT genome.Fragments are numbered in order of decreasing size; letters refer tosmall fragments whose comparative size has not been determined.

FIG. 1B shows BamHI #16 fragment of the HVT genome showing location ofβ-galactosidase gene insertion in S-HVT-001.

FIG. 1C shows BamHI #19 fragment of the HVT genome showing location ofβ-galactosidase gene insertion.

Legend: B=BamHI; X=XhoI; H=HindIII; P=PstI; S=SalI; N=NdeI; R=EcoRI.

FIGS. 2A, 2B, 2C and 2D show insertion in Plasmid 191-47. FIG. 2Acontains a diagram showing the orientation of DNA fragments assembled inplasmid 191-47. FIGS. 2A to 2D show the sequences located at each of thejunctions between the DNA fragments in plasmid 191-47. (SEQ ID NOs: 20,21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, and 27).

FIGS. 3A, 3B, and 3C show details of S-HVT-003 Construction.

FIG. 3A shows restriction map of HVT DNA in the region of the BamHI #16fragment. This fragment is contained within large HindIII fragment. FIG.3A also shows the XhoI site which was first changed to an EcoRI (R) siteby use of a "linker" and standard cloning procedures. FIG. 3B also showsdetails of the construction of the beta-gal gene and IBVD gene insertedinto the BamHI #16 fragment for use in homologous recombination. Bothgenes were under the control of the PRV gX gene promoter (gX).

FIG. 3C shows the S-HVT-003 genome, including the location of the twoinserted foreign genes, β-gal and IBDV.

In FIG. 3: H=HindIII; B=BamHI; X=XhoI; R=EcoRI; Xb=XbaI; Hp=HpaI;S=SmaI; UL=unique long region; US=unique short region; IR=internalrepeat region; TR=terminal repeat region.

FIG. 4 shows a Western blot indicating the differential expression ofthe IBDV 32 kD antigen in cellular lysates of S-HVT-003 infected cells(32 kD present) and S-HVT-001 infected cells (32 kD negative). IBDVspecific polypeptides were identified by probing the blot withhyper-immune rat antiserum directed against denatured IBDV virions. Thisserum reacts primarily with the immunodominant 32 kD antigen (IBDV VP3).The lanes on the blot contain: 1) protein molecular weight standards, 2)uninfected CEF cells, 3) S-HVT-001 infected CEF's, 4) 5) & 6) S-HVT-003and 7) IBDV virion polypeptides.

FIG. 5 shows a Western blot indicating the differential expression ofthe IBDV 42 kD (VP2) antigen in cellular lysates of S-HVT-003 infectedcells (42 kD present) and S-HVT-001 infected cells (42 kD negative).IBDV specific polypeptides were identified using a VP2 specific rabbitanti-peptide antiserum. The lanes contain: 1) protein molecular weightstandards, 2) wild-type HVT infected CEF's, 3) S-HVT-001 infected CEF's,4) S-HVT-003 infected CEF's, 5) S-HVT-003 infected CEF's, and 6) IBDVvirion polypeptides.

FIGS. 6A, 6B, and 6C provide details of S-HVT-004 Construction.

FIG. 6A is a restriction map of HVT DNA in the region of the BamHI #16fragment. This fragment is contained within a large HindIII fragment.Shown also is the XhoI site (X) where applicants have made theirinsertion. Before the insertion, the XhoI was first changed to EcoRI (R)site by use of a "linker" and standard cloning procedures.

FIG. 6B provides details of the construction of the β-gal gene and MDVgA gene inserted into the BamHI #16 fragment for use in homologousrecombination. Beta-gal was under the control of the PRV gX genepromoter (gX), while the MDV gA gene was under the control of its ownpromoter.

FIG. 6C is of S-HVT-004 genome showing the location of the two insertedforeign genes, β-gal and MDV gA.

In FIG. 6, H=HindIII; B=BamHI; X=XhoI; R=EcoRI; Xb=XbaI; UL=unique longregion; US=unique short region; IR=internal repeat region; TR=terminalrepeat region.

FIGS. 7A and 7B provide a detailed description of the β-galactosidase(lacZ) marker gene insertion in homology vector 467-22.A12. FIG. 7Ashows a diagram indicating the orientation of DNA fragments assembled inthe marker gene. The origin of each fragment is described in theMaterials and Methods section. FIGS. 7A and 7B show the DNA sequenceslocated at the junctions between DNA fragments and at the ends of themarker gene (SEQ ID NOs: 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, and 33). FIGS. 7A and 7Bfurther show the restriction sites used to generate each DNA fragment atthe appropriate junction and the location of the lacZ gene codingregion. Numbers in parenthesis ( ) refer to amino acids, and restrictionsites in brackets ! indicate the remnants of sites which were destroyedduring construction. The following abbreviations are used, pseudorabiesvirus (PRV), lactose operon Z gene (lacZ), Escherichia coli (E. Coli),polyadenylation signal (pA), and glycoprotein X (gpX).

FIG. 8 is a BamHI, NotI restriction map of the HVT genome. The uniquelong (UL) and unique short (US) regions are shown. The long and shortregion repeats are indicated by boxes. The BamHI fragments are numberedin decreasing order of size. The location of probes P1-P4 are indicated.The origin of each probe is as follows:

P1-BamHI #6, P2-BamHI #2, P3-BamHI #13, and P4-4.0 kb BgIII to StuIsubfragment of HVT genomic XbaI fragment #5 (8.0 kb).

FIG. 9 outlines the procedure for construction of plasmid pSY229.

FIGS. 10A and 10B provide a detailed description of the MDV genecassette insert in Homology Vectors 456-18.18 and 456-17.22. FIGS. 10Aand 10B show a diagram indicating the orientation of DNA fragmentsassembled in the cassette and the location of the MDV gA and gB genes.The origin of each fragment is described in the Materials and Methodssection. The sequences located at the junctions between each fragmentand at the ends of the marker gene are shown in FIGS. 10A and 10B,including junction A (SEQ ID NO: 34), junction B (SEQ ID NO: 35), andjunction C (SEQ ID NO: 36). The restriction sites used to generate eachfragment are indicated at the appropriate junction. Numbers inparenthesis ( ) refer to amino acids, and restriction sites in brackets! indicate the remnants of sites which were destroyed duringconstruction.

FIGS. 11A and 11B provide a detailed description of the HindIII fragmentinsert in Homology Vector 556-41.5. The diagram of FIGS. 11A and 11Bshow the orientation of DNA fragments assembled in the cassette. Theorigin of each fragment is described in the Materials and Methodssection. FIGS. 11A and 11B further show the DNA sequences located at thejunctions between each DNA fragment of the plasmid and at the ends ofthe marker gene, including junction A (SEQ ID NO: 37), junction B (SEQID NO: 38), and junction C (SEQ ID NO: 39). The restriction sites usedto generate each fragment are indicated at the appropriate junction. Thelocation of the MDV gD and a portion of the gI gene is also given.Numbers in parenthesis ( ) refer to amino acids, and restriction sitesin brackets ! indicate the remnants of sites which were destroyed duringconstruction.

FIGS. 12A, 12B, and 12C provide a detailed description of the SalIfragment insert in Homology Vector 255-18.B16. FIG. 12A shows a diagramindicating the orientation of DNA fragments assembled in the cassette.The origin of each fragment is described in the Materials and Methodssection. FIGS. 12A to 12C further show the DNA sequences located at thejunctions between each fragment and at the ends of the marker gene areshown, including junction A (SEQ ID NO: 40), junction B (SEQ ID NO: 41),junction C (SEQ ID NO: 42), junction D (SEQ ID NO: 43), junction E (SEQID NO: 44), junction F(SEQ ID NO: 45), junction G (SEQ ID NO: 46), andjunction H (SEQ ID NO: 47). The restriction sites used to generate eachfragment are indicated at the appropriate junction. The location of theNDV F and lacZ-NDV HN hybrid gene are shown. Numbers in parenthesis ( )refer to amino acids, and restriction sites in brackets ! indicate theremnants of sites which were destroyed during construction.

FIGS. 13A and 13B show how the unique XhoI site of the BamHI #10fragment of the HVT genome was converted into a PacI site and a NotIsite by insertion of the synthetic DNA sequence at the XhoI site(Nucleotides #1333-1338; SEQ ID NO. 48). FIG. 13A shows the XhoI siteconverted into a PacI site to generate Plasmid 654-45.1 (SEQ ID NO. 55)and FIG. 13B shows the XhoI site converted into a NotI site to generatePlasmid 686-63.A1 (SEQ ID NO. 56).

FIG. 14 shows a restriction map and open reading frames of the sequencesurrounding the insertion site within the unique long of HVT (SEQ ID NO.48). This map shows the XhoI restriction site (SEQ ID NO. 48; Nucl.1333-1338) used for insertion of foreign genes. Also shown are four openreading frames within this sequence. ORF A is interrupted by insertionof DNA into the XhoI site. The ORF A amino acid sequence (SEQ ID NO. 50;Nucl. 1402 to 602; 267 amino acids) shows no significant sequenceidentity to any known amino acid sequence in the protein databases. UL54 (SEQ ID NO. 49; Nucl. 146 to 481; 112 amino acids) and UL55 (SEQ IDNO. 51; Nucl. 1599 to 2135; 179 amino acids) show significant sequenceidentity to the herpes simplex virus type I UL54 and UL55 proteins,respectively. ORF B (SEQ ID NO. 52; Nucl. 2634 to 2308; 109 amino acids)shows no significant sequence identity to any known amino acid sequencein the protein databases. Searches were performed on NCBI databasesusing Blast software.

FIG. 15 shows a restriction map of cosmids 407-32.1C1, 672-01.A40,672-07.C40, and 654-45.1. The overlap of HVT genomic DNA fragments EcoRI#9 and BamHI #10 is illustrated. A unique XhoI site within the EcoRI #9and BamHI #10 fragments has been converted to a unique PacI site inPlasmid 654-45.1 or a unique NotI site in Plasmid 686-63.A1.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

The present invention provides a recombinant herpesvirus of turkeys(HVT) comprising a foreign DNA sequence inserted into a non-essentialsite in the HVT genome. The foreign DNA sequence is capable of beingexpressed in a host cell infected with the recombinant HVT and itsexpression is under control of a promoter located upstream of theforeign DNA sequence.

For purposes of this invention "a non-essential site in the HVT genome"means a region in the HVT genome which is not necessary for the viralinfection or replication.

For purposes of this invention, "a foreign DNA sequence" means DNA whichcodes for a gene or part thereof that does not naturally in the HVTgenome.

In one embodiment of the present invention, the foreign DNA sequenceinserted into the HVT genome encodes a polypeptide. Preferably, thepolypeptide is antigenic in the animal into which the recombinant HVT isintroduced. Preferably, this antigenic polypeptide is a linear polymerof more than 10 amino acids linked by peptide bonds which stimulates theanimal to produce antibodies.

Also provided are several appropriate insertion sites in the HVT genomeuseful for constructing the recombinant herpesvirus of the presentinvention. One such site is the BamHI #16 fragment of the HVT genome. Apreferred insertion site within the BamHI #16 fragment lies within anopen reading frame encoding HVT UL43 and a preferred insertion sitewithin that open reading frame is a XhoI restriction endonuclease site.

Two other insertion sites are the EcoRI #9 fragment and the BamHI #10fragment of the HVT genome, a preferred insertion site within both ofthose fragments being a XhoI restriction endonuclease site.

Yet another insertion site is the HVT US2 gene, with a preferredinsertion site within it being a StuI restriction endonuclease site.

In one embodiment of the present invention, the recombinant herpesvirusof turkeys (HVT) contains a foreign DNA sequence encoding a detectablemarker. Preferably, the detectable marker is E. coli B-galactosidase.Preferably, such recombinant HVT is designated S-HVT-001, S-HVT-014, orS-HVT-012.

S-HVT-012 has been deposited on Oct. 15, 1992 pursuant to the BudapestTreaty on the International Deposit of Microorganism for the Purposes ofPatent Procedure with the Patent Culture Depository of the American TypeCulture Collection, 12301 Parklawn Drive, Rockville, Md. 20852 U.S.A.under ATCC Accession No. VR 2382.

S-HVT-014 has been deposited on Dec. 7, 1993 pursuant to the BudapestTreaty on the International Deposit of Microorganisms for the Purpose ofPatent Procedure with the Patent Culture Depository of the American TypeCulture Collection, 12301 Parklawn Drive, Rockville, Md. 20852 U.S.A.under ATCC Accession No. VR 2440.

In one embodiment of the present invention, the recombinant herpesvirus(HVT) contains a foreign DNA sequence encoding an antigenic polypeptidefrom infectious bursal disease virus (IBDV), Marek's disease virus(MDV), Newcastle disease virus (NDV), infectious laryngotracheitis virus(ILTV), or infectious bronchitis virus (IBV).

When the foreign DNA sequence of the recombinant HVT of the presentinvention encodes an antigenic polypeptide from infectious bursaldisease virus (IBDV), it is preferred that the antigenic polypeptide isIBDV VP2, VP3 or VP4 protein. Such recombinant HVT can be furtherengineered to contain a foreign DNA sequence encoding a detectablemarker, such as E. coli B-galactosidase.

Recombinant HVT designated S-HVT-003 and S-HVT-096 are each anembodiment of a recombinant HVT comprising foreign DNA sequence encodingan antigenic polypeptide from IBDV and encoding a detectable marker.S-HVT-003 has been deposited on Jul. 21, 1987 pursuant to the BudapestTreaty on the International Deposit of Microorganism for the Purposes ofPatent Procedure with the Patent Culture Depository of the American TypeCulture Collection, 12301 Parklawn Drive, Rockville, Md. 20852 U.S.A.under ATCC Accession No. VR 2178).

The present invention also provides a recombinant HVT which contains oneor more foreign DNA sequence encoding an antigenic polypeptide from IBDVas well as one or more foreign DNA sequence encoding an antigenicpolypeptide from MDV. Preferably, the IBDV antigenic polypeptide is IBDVVP2, VP3, or VP4 and the MDV antigenic polypeptide is MDV glycoprotein B(gB), glycoprotein D (gD), or glycoprotein A (gA).

In one embodiment, a recombinant HVT contains foreign DNA sequenceencoding IBDV VP2, MDV gA, MDV gD, and MDV gB. Preferably, suchrecombinant virus is designated S-HVT-137 or S-HVT-143.

The present invention provides a recombinant HVT which contains aforeign DNA sequence encoding an antigenic polypeptide from MDV.Preferably, the antigenic polypeptide is MDV gB, gA, or gD.

One embodiment of a recombinant HVT containing a foreign DNA sequenceencoding MDV gA is a recombinant HVT designated S-HVT-004.

An embodiment of a recombinant HVT containing a foreign DNA sequenceencoding MDV gB is also provided and this recombinant HVT is designatedS-HVT-045. S-HVT-045 has been deposited on Oct. 15, 1992 pursuant to theBudapest Treaty on the International Deposit of Microorganism for thePurposes of Patent Procedure with the Patent Culture Depository of theAmerican Type Culture Collection, 12301 Parklawn Drive, Rockville, Md.20852 U.S.A. under ATCC Accession No. VR 2383.

The present also invention includes recombinant HVTs engineered tocontain more than one foreign DNA sequence encoding an MDV antigen. Forexample, a foreign DNA sequence encoding MDV gA and gB can both bevectored into the HVT genome. Furthermore, a recombinant HVT can beconstructed to include a foreign DNA sequence encoding MDV gA, gB andgD.

Recombinant HVT designated S-HVT-046 and S-HVT-047 provide embodimentsof a recombinant HVT containing foreign DNA sequence encoding MDV gA andgB; recombinant HVT designated S-HVT-048 and S-HVT-062 provideembodiments of a recombinant HVT containing foreign DNA sequenceencoding MDV gA, gB and gD. S-HVT-062 has been deposited on Feb. 23,1993 pursuant to the Budapest Treaty on the International Deposit ofMicroorganisms for the Purposes of Patent Procedure with the PatentCulture Depository of the American Type Culture Collection, 12301Parklawn Drive, Rockville, Md. 20852 U.S.A. under ATCC Accession No. VR2401.

The present invention provides a recombinant HVT containing a foreignDNA sequence encoding an antigenic polypeptide from Newcastle diseasevirus (NDV). In such case, it is preferred that the antigenicpolypeptide is NDV fusion (F) protein or NDV hemagglutinin-neuraminidase(HN) or a recombinant protein comprising E. coli B-galactosidase fusedto NDV HN. One such virus is a recombinant HVT designated S-HVT-007.

The present invention also provides a recombinant HVT which contains oneor more foreign DNA sequences encoding an antigenic polypeptide from MDVas well as one or more foreign DNA sequences encoding an antigenicpolypeptide from NDV. Preferably, the MDV antigenic polypeptide is MDVgB, gD, or gA and the NDV antigenic polypeptide is NDV F or HN.

In one embodiment of the invention, the recombinant HVT contains foreignDNA sequence encoding MDV gB, MDV gA, and NDV F. Preferably, thisrecombinant HVT is designated S-HVT-048.

In one embodiment of the invention, the recombinant HVT contains foreignDNA sequence encoding MDV gB, MDV gA, and NDV HN. Preferably, thisrecombinant HVT is designated S-HVT-049.

In another embodiment of the invention, the recombinant HVT containsforeign DNA sequence encoding MDV gB, MDV gA, NDV F and NDV HN.Preferably, such recombinant HVT is designated S-HVT-050. S-HVT-050 hasbeen deposited on Feb. 23, 1993 pursuant to the Budapest Treaty on theInternational Deposit of Microorganisms for the Purpose of PatentProcedure with the Patent Culture Depository of the American TypeCulture Collection, 12301 Parklawn Drive, Rockville, Md. 20852 U.S.A.under ATCC Accession No. VR 2400.

In yet another embodiment of the invention, the recombinant HVT containsforeign DNA sequence encoding MDV gB, MDV gA, MDV gD, NDV F and NDV HN.Preferably, such recombinant HVT is designated S-HVT-106 or S-HVT-128.

The present invention further provides a recombinant HVT which containsa foreign DNA sequence encoding an antigenic polypeptide from infectiouslaryngotracheitis virus (ILTV). It is preferred that the antigenicpolypeptide is ILTV glycoprotein B (gB), ILTV glycoprotein D (gD), orILTV glycoprotein I (gI).

Also provided are recombinant HVTs which are engineered to containedmore than one foreign DNA sequence encoding an ILTV antigen. Forexample, ILTV gB and gD can be vectored together into the HVT genome, socan ILTV gD and gI , and ILTV gB, gD and gI. Recombinant HVT designatedS-HVT-051, S-HVT-052 and S-HVT-138 are embodiments of such recombinantvirus.

The present invention also provides a recombinant HVT which contains oneor more foreign DNA sequence encoding an antigenic polypeptide from MDVas well as one or more foreign DNA sequence encoding an antigenicpolypeptide from ILTV. Preferably, the MDV antigenic polypeptide is MDVgB, gD, or gA and the ILTV antigenic polypeptide is ILTV gB, gD or gI.

In one embodiment of the invention, the recombinant HVT contains foreignDNA sequence encoding MDV gB, MDV gA, MDV gD, ILTV gD and ILTV gB.Preferably, this recombinant HVT is designated S-HVT-123.

In another embodiment of the invention, the recombinant HVT containsforeign DNA sequence encoding MDV gB, MDV gA, MDV gD, ILTV gI and ILTVgD. Preferably, this recombinant HVT is designated S-HVT-139 orS-HVT-140.

The present invention further provides a recombinant HVT which containsa foreign DNA sequence encoding an antigenic polypeptide from infectiousbronchitis virus (IBV). Preferably, the antigenic polypeptide is IBVspike protein or IBV matrix protein.

The present invention also provides a recombinant HVT which contains oneor more foreign DNA sequence encoding an antigenic polypeptide from IBVas well as one or more foreign DNA sequence encoding an antigenicpolypeptide from MDV. Preferably, the IBV antigenic polypeptide is IBVspike protein or IBV matrix protein, and the MDV antigenic polypeptideis MDV gB, gD, or gA. One embodiment of such recombinant virus isdesignated S-HVT-066.

The expression of the inserted foreign DNA sequence is under control ofa promoter located upstream of the foreign DNA sequence. Preferably, thepromoter is a herpesvirus promoter. Preferably, the promoter is selectedfrom a group consisting of PRV gX promoter, MDV gB promoter, MDV gApromoter, MDV gD promoter, ILTV gB promoter, ILTV gD promoter, HSV-1alpha 4 promoter and HCMV immediate early promoter.

The present invention further provides for a homology vector forproducing a recombinant herpesvirus of turkeys by inserting foreign DNAsequence into the HVT genome. The homology vector comprises adouble-stranded DNA molecule consisting essentially of a double-strandedforeign DNA sequence, with at one end of the foreign DNA sequence,double-stranded DNA homologous to the genomic DNA located at one side ofa non-essential site of the HVT genome, and at the other end of theforeign DNA sequence, double-stranded DNA homologous to the HVT genomicDNA sequence located at the other side of the same site. DNA sequencecorresponding to a promoter is located upstream of the foreign DNAsequence and controls its expression.

In one embodiment of the invention, the foreign DNA sequence of thehomology vector encodes a polypeptide. In one embodiment of theinvention, the polypeptide is antigenic in the animal into which therecombinant herpesvirus of turkeys is introduced. Preferably, theantigenic polypeptide is from infectious bursal disease virus, Marek'sdisease virus, Newcastle disease virus, infectious laryngotracheitisvirus, or infectious bronchitis virus. Preferably, the antigenicpolypeptide is selected from a group consisting essentially ofinfectious bursal disease virus VP2 protein, infectious bursal diseasevirus VP3 protein, infectious bursal disease virus VP4 protein, Marek'sdisease virus glycoprotein gB, Marek's disease virus glycoprotein gA,Marek's disease virus glycoprotein gD, Newcastle disease virus fusion(F) protein, Newcastle disease virus hemagglutinin-neuraminidase (HN),infectious laryngotracheitis virus glycoprotein I, infectiouslaryngotracheitis virus glycoprotein D, infectious laryngotracheitisvirus glycoprotein B, infectious bronchitis virus spike protein, orinfectious bronchitis virus matrix protein.

In one embodiment of the invention, the polypeptide is a detectablemarker. Preferably, the detectable marker is E. coli B-galactosidase.

In one embodiment of the invention, the double-stranded herpesvirus ofturkeys DNA is homologous to DNA sequence present within the BamHI #16fragment of the herpesvirus of turkeys genome. Preferably, thedouble-stranded herpesvirus of turkeys DNA is homologous to DNAsequences present within the open reading frame encoding UL 43 proteinof the herpesvirus of turkeys genome. Preferably, this homology vectoris designated 172-29.31.

For purposes of this invention, a "homology vector" is a plasmidconstructed to insert foreign DNA sequence in a specific site on thegenome of a herpesvirus of turkeys.

In one embodiment of the invention, the double-stranded herpesvirus ofturkeys DNA is homologous to DNA sequences present within the EcoRI #9fragment or BamHI #10 fragment of the herpesvirus of turkeys genome.Preferably, this homology vector is designated 172-63.1.

In one embodiment of the invention, the double-stranded herpesvirus ofturkeys DNA is homologous to DNA sequence present within the US2 genecoding region of the herpesvirus of turkeys genome. Preferably, thishomology vector is designated 435-47.1.

The invention further provides a vaccine which comprises an effectiveimmunizing amount of a recombinant herpesvirus of turkeys of the presentinvention and a suitable carrier.

Suitable carriers for the herpesvirus of turkeys vaccine are well knownin the art and include proteins, sugars, etc. One example of suchsuitable carrier is a physiologically balanced culture medium containingone or more stabilizing agents such as stabilized, hydrolyzed proteins,lactose, etc.

For purpose of this invention, an "neffective immunizing amount" ofrecombinant herpesvirus of the present invention is within the range of102 to 109 PFU/dose.

The present invention further provides a method of immunizing a fowl.The present invention also provides a method of immunizing a fowl inovo. For purposes of this invention, this includes immunizing a fowlagainst infectious bursal disease virus, Marek's disease virus,Newcastle disease virus, infectious laryngotracheitis virus, orinfectious bronchitis virus. The method comprises administering to thefowl an effective immunizing dose of the vaccine of the presentinvention. The vaccine may be administered by any of the methods wellknown to those skilled in the art, for example, by intramuscular,subcutaneous, intraperitoneal or intravenous injection. Alternatively,the vaccine may be administered intranasally, orally or intraocularly.

The present invention also provides a host cell infected with arecombinant herpesvirus of turkeys of the present invention. Preferably,the host cell is an avian cell.

For purposes of this invention, a "host cell" is a cell used topropagate a vector and its insert. Infecting the cell was accomplishedby methods well known to those skilled in the art, for example, as setforth in DNA TRANSFECTION FOR GENERATING RECOMBINANT HERPESVIRUS inMaterials and Methods.

A recombinant herpesvirus of turkeys of the present invention provides away for distinguishing an animal vaccinated with the vaccine of thepresent invention from an animal infected with a naturally-occurring,wild-type infectious bursal disease virus, Marek's disease virus,Newcastle disease virus, infectious laryngotracheitis virus, orinfectious bronchitis virus. This is possible because recombinantherpesvirus of turkeys contain foreign DNA which encodes a limitednumber of antigens from the above mentioned viruses that are needed toconfer protective immunity to the corresponding pathogens. Consequently,host animals vaccinated with those recombinant herpesviruses of turkeyscan be distinguished from ones which have been infected with wild-typeinfectious bursal disease virus, Marek's disease virus, Newcastledisease virus, infectious laryngotracheitis virus, or infectiousbronchitis virus by the absence of antigens that are normally present inthe wild type viruses.

Methods for constructing, selecting and purifying recombinantherpesvirus of turkeys are detailed below in Materials and Methods.

Materials and Methods

PREPARATION OF HERPESVIRUS OF TURKEYS STOCK SAMPLES. Herpesvirus ofturkeys stock samples were prepared by infecting tissue culture cells ata multiplicity of infection of 0.01 PFU/cell in Dulbecco's ModifiedEagle Medium (DMEM) containing 2 mM glutamine, 100 units/ml penicillin,100 units/ml streptomycin (these components are obtained from IrvineScientific or an equivalent supplier, and hereafter are referred to ascomplete DME medium) plus 1% fetal bovine serum. After cytopathic effectwas complete, the medium and cells were harvested and the cells werepelleted at 3000 rpm for 5 minutes in a clinical centrifuge. Infectedcells were resuspended in complete medium containing 20% fetal bovineserum, 10% DMSO and stored frozen at -70° C.

PREPARATION OF HERPESVIRUS OF TURKEY DNA. All manipulations ofherpesvirus of turkey (HVT) were made using strain FC-126 (ATCC #584-C).For the preparation of HVT viral DNA from the cytoplasm of infectedcells, primary chicken embryo fibroblasts were infected at a MOIsufficient to cause extensive cytopathic effect before the cellsovergrew. All incubations were carried out at 39° C. in a humidifiedincubator with 5% CO₂ in air. Best DNA yields were obtained byharvesting monolayers which were maximally infected, but showingincomplete cell lysis (typically 5-7 days). Infected cells wereharvested by scraping the cells into the medium using a cell scraper(Costar brand). The cell suspension was centrifuged at 3000 rpm for 10minutes at 5° C. in a GS-3 rotor (Sorvall Instruments). The resultantpellet was resuspended in cold PBS (20 ml/Roller Bottle) and subjectedto another centrifugation for 10 minutes at 3000 rpm in the cold. Afterdecanting the PBS, the cellular pellet was resuspended in 4 ml/rollerbottle of RSB buffer (10 mM Tris pH 7.5, 1 mM EDTA, and 1.5 mM MgCl₂).NP40 (Nonidet P-40™;Sigma) was added to the sample to a finalconcentration of 0.5% minutes with occasional mixing. The sample wascentrifuged for 10 minutes at 3000 rpm in the cold to pellet the nucleiand remove cellular debris. The supernatant fluid was carefullytransferred to a 15 ml Corex centrifuge tube. Both EDTA (0.5M pH 8.0)and SDS (sodium dodecyl sulfate; stock 20%) were added to the sample tofinal concentrations of 5 mM and 1%, respectively. One hundred μl ofproteinase-K (10 mg/ml; Boehringer Mannheim) was added per 4 ml ofsample, mixed, and incubated at 45° C. for 1-2 hours. After this period,an equal volume of water-saturated phenol was added to the sample andgently mixed by hand. The sample was spun in a clinical centrifuge for 5minutes at 3000 rpm to separate the phases. NaAc was added to theaqueous phase to a final concentration of 0.3M (stock solution 3M pH5.2), and the nucleic acid precipitated at -70° C. for 30 minutes afterthe addition of 2.5 volumes of cold absolute ethanol. DNA in the samplewas pelleted by spinning for 20 minutes to 8000 rpm in an HB-4 rotor at5° C. The supernatant was carefully removed and the DNA pellet washedonce with 25 ml of 80% ethanol. The DNA pellet was dried briefly byvacuum (2-3 minutes), and resuspended in 50 μl/roller bottle of infectedcells of TE buffer (10 mM Tris pH 7.5, 1 mM EDTA). Typically, yields ofviral DNA ranged between 5-10 μg/roller bottle of infected cells. Allviral DNA was stored at approximately 10° C.

POLYMERASE FILL-IN REACTION. DNA was resuspended in buffer containing 50mM Tris pH 7.4, 50 mM KC, 5 mM MgCl₂, and 400 micromolar each of thefour deoxynucleotides. Ten units of Klenow DNA polymerase (BRL) wereadded and the reaction was allowed to proceed for 15 minutes at roomtemperature. The DNA was ther phenol extracted and ethanol precipitatedas above.

DNA SEQUENCING. Sequencing was performed using the USB Sequenase Kit and³⁵ S-dATP (NEN). Reactions using both the dGTP mixes and the dITP mixeswere performed to clarify areas of compression. Alternatively,compressed areas were resolved on formamide gels. Templates weredouble-stranded plasmid subclones or single stranded M13 subclones, andprimers were either made to the vector just outside the insert to besequenced, or to previously obtained sequence. Sequence obtained wasassembled and compared using Dnastar software. Manipulation andcomparison of sequences obtained was performed with Superclone andSupersee programs from Coral Software.

MOLECULAR BIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES. Techniques for the manipulation ofbacteria and DNA, including such procedures as digestion withrestriction endonucleases, gel electrophoresis, extraction of DNA fromgels, ligation, phosphorylation with kinase, treatment with phosphatase,growth of bacterial cultures, transformation of bacteria with DNA, andother molecular biological methods are described by Maniatis et al(1982) and Sambrook et al (1989). The polymerase chain reaction (PCR)was used to introduce restriction sites convenient for the manipulationof various DNAs. The procedures used are described by Innis et al(1990). In general amplified fragments were less than 500 base pairs insize and critical regions of amplified fragments were confirmed by DNAsequencing. Except as noted, these techniques were used with minorvariation.

SOUTHERN BLOTTING OF DNA. The general procedure for Southern blottingwas taken from Maniatis et al. (1982). DNA was blotted to nitrocellulosefilters (S&S BA85) in 20× SSC (1× ssc=0.15M NaCl, 0.015M sodium citrate,pH 7.0), and prehybridized in hybridization solution consisting of 30%formamide, 1× Denhardt's solution (0.02% polyvinylpyrrolidone (PVP),0.02% bovine serum albumin (BSA), 0.02% Ficoll), 6× SSC, 50 mM NaH₂ PO₄,pH 6.8, 200 μg/ml salmon sperm DNA for 4-24 hours at 55° C. Labeledprobe DNA was added that had been labeled by nick translation using akit from Bethesda Research Laboratories (BRL) and one ³² P-labelednucleotide. The probe DNA was separated from the unincorporatednucleotides by NACS column (BRL) or on a Sephadex G50 column(Pharmacia). After overnight hybridization at 55° C., the filter waswashed once with 2× SSC at room temperature followed by two washes with0.1× SSC, 0.1% sodium dodecyl sulfate (SDS) for 30 minutes at 55° C. Thefilter was dried and autoradiographed.

cDNA CLONING PROCEDURE. cDNA cloning refers to the methods used toconvert RNA molecules into DNA molecules following state of the artprocedures. Applicants' methods are described in (Gubler and Hoffman,1983). Bethesda Research Laboratories (Gaithersburg, Md.) have designeda cDNA Cloning Kit that is very similar to the procedures used byapplicants, and contains a set of reagents and protocols that may beused to duplicate our results.

For cloning virus mRNA species, a host cell line sensitive to infectionby the virus was infected at 5-10 plaque forming units per cell. Whencytopathic effect was evident, but before total destruction, the mediumwas removed and the cells were lysed in 10 mls lysis buffer (4 Mguanidine thiocyanate, 0.1% antifoam A, 25 mM sodium citrate pH 7.0,0.5% N-lauroyl sarcosine, 0.1 M beta-metcaptoethanol). The cell lysatewas poured into a sterilized Dounce homogenizer and homogenized on ice8-10 times until the solution was homogenous. For RNA purification, 8mls of cell lysate were gently layered over 3.5 mls of CsCl solution(5.7 M CsCl, 25 mM sodium citrate pH 7.0) in Beckman SW41 centrifugetube. The samples were centrifuged for 18 hrs at 20° C. at 36000 rpm ina Beckman SW41 rotor. The tubes were put on ice and the supernatantsfrom the tubes were carefully removed by aspiration to leave the RNApellet undisturbed. The pellet was resuspended in 400 μl glass distilledwater, and 2.6 mls of guanidine solution (7.5 M guanidine-HCL, 25 mMsodium citrate pH 7.0, 5 mM dithiothreitol) were added. The 0.37 volumesof 1 M acetic acid were added, followed by 0.75 volumes of cold ethanoland the sample was put at -20° C. for 18 hrs to precipitate RNA. Theprecipitate was collected by centrifugation in a Sorvall centrifuge for10 min a 40° C. at 10000 rpm in an SS34 rotor. The pellet was dissolvedin 1.0 ml distilled water, recentrifuged at 13000 rpm, and thesupernatant saved. RNA was re-extracted from the pellet 2 more times asabove with 0.5 ml distilled water, and the supernatants were pooled. A0.1 volume of 2 M potassium acetate solution was added to the samplefollowed by 2 volumes of cold ethanol and the sample was put at -20° C.for 18 hrs. The precipitated RNA was collected by centrifugation in theSS34 rotor at 40 ° C. for 10 min at 10000 rpm. The pellet was dissolvedin 1 ml distilled water and the concentration taken by absorption atA260/280. The RNA was stored at -70° C.

mRNA containing polyadenylate tails (poly-A) was selected using oligo-dTcellulose (Pharmacia #27 5543-0). Three mg of total RNA was boiled andchilled and applied to the 100 mg oligo-dT cellulose column in bindingbuffer (0.1 M Tris pH 7.5, 0.5 M LiCl, 5mM EDTA pH 8.0, 0.1% lithiumdodecyl sulfate). The retained poly-A RNA was eluted from the columnwith elution buffer (5 mM Tris pH 7.5, 1 mM EDTA pH 8.0, 0.1% sodiumdodecyl sulfate). This mRNA was reapplied to an oligo-dT column inbinding buffer and eluted again in elution buffer. The sample wasprecipitated with 200 mM sodium acetate and 2 volumes cold ethanol at-20° C. for 18 hrs. The RNA was resuspended in 50 μl distilled water.Ten μg poly-A RNA was denatured in 20 mM methyl mercury hydroxide for 6min at 22° C. β-mercaptoethanol was added to 75 mM and the sample wasincubated for 5 min at 22° C. The reaction mixture for first strand cDNAsynthesis in 0.25 ml contained 1 μg oligo-dT primer (P-L Bio-chemicals)or 1 μg synthetic primer, 28 units placental ribonuclease inhibitor(Bethesda Research Labs #5518SA), 100 mM Tris pH 8.3, 140 mM KCl,10 mMMgCl₂, 0.8 mM dATP, dCTP, dGTP, and dTTP (Pharmacia), 100 microcuries ³²p-labeled dCTP (New England Nuclear #NEG-013H), and 180 units AMVreverse transcriptase (Molecular Genetics Resources #MG 101). Thereaction was incubated at 42° C. for 90 min, and then was terminatedwith 20 mM EDTA pH 8.0. The sample was extracted with an equal volume ofphenol/chloroform (1:1) and precipitated with 2 M ammonium acetate and 2volumes of cold ethanol -20° C. for 3 hrs. After precipitation andcentrifugation, the pellet was dissolved in 100 μl distilled water. Thesample was loaded onto a 15 ml G-100 Sephadex column (Pharmacia) inbuffer (100 mM Tris pH 7.5, 1 mM EDTA pH 8.0, 100 mM NaCl). The leadingedge of the eluted DNA fractions was pooled, and DNA was concentrated bylyophilization until the volume was about 100 μl, then the DNA wasprecipitated with ammonium acetate plus ethanol as above.

The entire first strand sample was used for second strand reaction whichfollowed the Gubler and Hoffman (1983) method except that 50 μg/mldNTP's, 5.4 units DNA polymerase I (Boerhinger Mannheim #642-711), and100 units/ml E. coli DNA ligase (New England Biolabs #205) in a totalvolume of 50 microliters were used. After second strand synthesis, thecDNA was phenol/chloroform extracted and precipitated. The DNA wasresuspended in 10 μl distilled water, treated with 1 μg RNase A for 10min at 22° C., and electrophoresed through a 1% agarose gel (Sigma TypeII agarose) in 40 mM Tris-acetate pH 6.85. The gel was stained withethidium bromide, and DNA in the expected size range was excised fromthe gel and electroeluted in 8 mM Tris-acetate pH 6.85. ElectroelutedDNA was lyophilized to about 100 microliters, and precipitated withammonium acetate and ethanol as above. The DNA was resuspended in 20 μlwater.

Oligo-dC tails were added to the DNA to facilitate cloning. The reactioncontained the DNA, 100 mM potassium cacodylate pH 7.2, 0.2 mMdithiothreitol, 2 mM CaCl₂, 80 moles dCTP, and 25 units terminaldeoxynucleotidyl transferase (Molecular Genetic Resources #S1001) in 50μl. After 30 min at 37° C., the reaction was terminated with 10 mM EDTA,and the sample was phenol/chloroform extracted and precipitated asabove.

The dc-tailed DNA sample was annealed to 200 ng plasmid vector pBR322that contained oligo-dG tails (Bethesda Research Labs #5355 SA/SB) in200 μl of 0.01 M Tris pH 7.5, 0.1 M NaCl, 1 mM EDTA pH 8.0 at 65° C. for2 min and then 57° C. for 2 hrs. Fresh competent E. coli DH-1 cells wereprepared and transformed as described by Hanahan (1983) using half theannealed cDNA sample in twenty 200 μl aliquots of cells. Transformedcells were plated on L-broth agar plates plus 10 μg/ml tetracycline.Colonies were screened for the presence of inserts into the ampicillingene using Ampscreen (Bethesda Research Labs #5537 UA), and the positivecolonies were picked for analysis.

DNA TRANSFECTION FOR GENERATING RECOMBINANT HERPESVIRUS. The method isbased upon the polybrene-DMSO procedure of Kawai and Nishizawa (1984)with the following modifications. Generation Qf recombinant HVT virus isdependent upon homologous recombination between HVT viral DNA and theplasmid homology vector containing the desired foreign DNA flanked bythe appropriate herpesvirus cloned sequences. Transfections were carriedout in 6 cm plates (Corning plastic) of 50% confluent primary chickembryo fibroblast (CEF) cells. The cells were plated out the day beforein CEF growth media (1× F10/199, 5% fetal calf serum, 26% glutamine, 1%non-essential amino acids, and 2% penicillin/streptomycin) containing 4μg/ml polybrene (stock 4 mg/ml in 1× HBSS). For cotransfections into CEFcells, 5 μg of intact HVT DNA, and suspended in 1 ml of CEF mediacontaining 30 μg/ml polybrene (stock 4 mg/ml in 1× HBSS). TheDNA-polybrene suspension (1 ml) was then added to a 6 cm plate of CEFcells from which the media had been aspirated, and incubated at 39° C.for 30 minutes. The plates were rocked periodically during this time toredistribute the inoculum. After this period, 4 ml of CEF growth mediawas added directly to wash plate, and incubated an additional 2.5 hoursa 39° C. At this time, the media was removed from each plate, and thecells shocked with 2 ml of 30% DMSO (Dimethyl Sulfoxide, J.T. BakerChemical Co.) in 1× HBSS for 4 minutes at room temperature. The 30% DMSOwas carefully removed and the monolayers washed once with 1× HBSS atroom temperature. The cells were then incubated at 39° C. after theaddition of 5 mls of CEF growth media. The next day, the media waschanged to remove any last traces of DMSO and to stimulate cell growth.Cytopathic effect from the virus becomes apparent within 6 days.Generation of a high titer stock (80%-90% CPE) can usually be madewithin 1 week from this date. HVT stock samples were prepared byresuspending the infected cells in CEF growth media containing 20% fetalcalf serum, 10% DMSO and stored at -70° C.

PROCEDURE FOR GENERATING RECOMBINANT HERPESVIRUS FROM SUBGENOMIC DNAFRAGMENTS. The ability to generate herpesviruses by cotransfection ofcloned overlapping subgenmoic fragments has been demonstrated forpseudorabies virus (Zijl et al., 1988). If deletions and/or insertionsare engineered directly into the subgenomic fragments prior to thecotransfection, this procedure results in a high frequency of virusescontaining the genomic alteration, greatly reducing the amount ofscreening required to purify the recombinant virus. We have used thisprocedure to construct recombinant HVT.

A library of subclones containing overlapping HVT subgenomic fragmentswas generated as follows. HVT DNA was obtained from the American TypeCulture Collection (FC-126 ("Calnek")). It was sheared and then sizeselected on a glycerol gradient as described by van Zijl et al., (1988)with 40-50 kb fragments chosen as the insert population. The pooledfractions were diluted twofold with TE, one-tenth volume of 3M NaAc and2.5 volumes of ethanol were added, and the DNA was precipitated at 30Krpm in a Beckman SW41 rotor for 1 hr. The sheared fragments were givenblunt ends by initial treatment with T4 DNA polymerase, using low DNTPconcentrations to promote 3' overhang removal, followed by treatmentwith Klenow polymerase to fill in recessed 3' ends. These insertfragments were then ligated to a pWE15 (Strategene) cosmid vector, whichhad been digested with BamHI, treated with calf intestinal phosphatase,and made blunt by treatment with Klenow polymerase. The ligated mixturewas then packaged using Gigapack XL packaging extracts (Stratagene).Ligation and packaging was as recommended by the manufacturer.

Published restriction maps for the enzymes BamHI, HindIII, and XhoIpermitted the use of subcloned fragments as specific probes to screenthe cosmid library for subclones spanning the genome. Probes weregenerated from subcloned restriction fragments. The fragments were thenlabeled using a non-radioactive system (Genius, Boehringer Mannheim).Screening was facilitated by picking colonies to media followed bygrowth overnight. Sets of five filters and a master plate were stampedfrom microtiter dish and again grown overnight. Glycerol was added tothe wells to 15% and the plates were frozen at -20° C. to provide stockcultures of each colony. Filters were BioRad Colony Lift Membranes andwere treated and hybridized per manufacturer's instructions, and washedin 0.1× SSC, 0.1% SDS, 65° C. Clones which hybridized with thenon-radioactive probe were detected according to the Genius kitdirections.

Colonies were selected for further analysis on the basis of theirhybridization to two or more of the specific probes. These were thendigested with BamHI, and compared to published maps of HVT (Buckmasteret al., 1988). The three cosmids (407-32.2C3,407-32.IG7, and 407-32.5G6)were obtained in this manner. A detailed description of each clone isgiven below. It was found that chloramphenicol amplification (Maniatiset al., 1982) was necessary to achieve reasonable yields of DNA fromthese clones. In addition, one cosmid clone (407-32.5G6) was unstableand had to be grown from the original frozen stock in order to obtainsatisfactory DNA preparations.

The pWE15 vector allows the inserts to be excised with NotI. However,four NotI sites are present in the HVT genome, so that inserts spanningthese sites cannot be excised with NotI. Two of the NotI sites arepresent in the BamHI #2 fragment of HVT, this fragment was cloneddirectly in pSP64. The other two sites are present in the unique shortregion within the BamHI #1 fragment. This fragment was cloned directlyin the pWE15 vector. The three sheared cosmids and the two BamHIfragments cover all but a small portion of the ends of the HVT genome.Because these regions are repeated in the internal portions of thegenome, all of the genetic information is available.

A StuI site within the HVT US2 gene was established as a useful site forforeign DNA insertion utilizing the HOMOLOGOUS RECOMBINATION PROCEDUREFOR GENERATING RECOMBINANT HERPESVIRUSES (see Example 6). The HVT US2gene is located within the BamHI #1 fragment which contains five StuIsites. To facilitate the use of this site for insertion of foreign DNAby the StuI site within the US2 gene was converted to a unique HindIIIsite. This was accomplished by partially digesting the BamHI #1 subclonewith StuI, and then inserting a 10 kb fragment conferring kanomycinresistance (Neo^(R)) into the site using HindIII linkers. The kanomycinresistance gene allowed positive selection of recombinant clones. TheNeo^(R) fragment was removed by digestion with HindIII followed byreligation generating clone 430-84.215.

DNA was prepared for reconstruction experiments by restriction digestionwith enzymes which cut the subclones outside or flanking the HVTinsertions. In some instances, one cosmid in a reconstruction was usedundigested. Digested DNAs were extracted once with phenol andprecipitated with ethanol. DNA was resuspended at a concentration of 0.5to 1 ug/ml. Viral reconstruction experiments were performed usingLipofectin (BRL) to mediate transfection. Two to three micrograms eachof subclone were added to 0.5 ml of MEM media (Earle's salts)supplemented with 1% non-essential amino acids and 2%penicillin/Streptomysin (MEM+). Controls consisted of MEM+ with no DNA,with several ug of HVT DNA, or with 4 out of 5 of the subclones.Separately, 30 μl of the Lipofectin were added to another 0.5 ml. ofMEM+. These two mixtures were then combined and incubated at RT for 15minutes.

Chick embryo fibroblast (CEF) cells were prepared for transfection inthe following manner. CEFs (Spafas) were grown in 6 well dishes at 39°C. in F10/M199 (1:1) media containing 1% non-essential amino acids, 2%penicillin/streptomycin, and 5% fetal calf serum (CEF+). Cells weretransfected at a confluence of 90-95%. For transfection, wells wereaspirated and rinsed 3 times with MEM+, and then incubated 4 hours at39° C. with the 1 ml lipofectin/DNA mixture above. One ml more ofCEF+was then added to the wells, and cells were incubated overnight andfed with CEF+. Plates were then examined daily for the appearance ofplaques.

Lipofectin with control HVT DNA resulted in the appearance of plaqueswithin 5 days. When only four of the five subclones were used, noplaques were obtained. When the five overlapping genomic fragments ofHVT were used to reconstruct the virus, plaques appeared anywhere from 5to 19 days after the initial lipofection. In the case of plaquesappearing late, plaques were not initially seen on the infectedmonolayer, and it was only after passaging the monolayer and replatingon a larger surface that plaques appeared. After passaging, plaquesgenerally appeared within 3 days. Recombinant viruses were plaquepurified approximately three and then analyzed for insertion of foreignDNAs.

BLUOGAL SCREEN FOR RECOMBINANT HERPESVIRUS. When the foreign geneencoded the enzyme β-galactosidase, the plaques that contained the genewere visualized more easily. The chemical Bluogal™ (Bethesda ResearchLabs) was incorporated at the level of 200-300 μg/ml into the agaroseoverlay during the plaque assay, and the plaques that expressed activeβ-galactosidase turned blue. The blue plaques were then picked andpurified by further blue plaque isolations. Other foreign genes wereinserted by homologous recombination such that they replaced theβ-galactosidase gene; in this instance non-blue plaques were picked forpurification of the recombinant virus.

SCREEN FOR FOREIGN GENE EXPRESSION IN RECOMBINANT HVT USING BLACK PLAQUEASSAYS. To analyze expression of foreign antigens expressed byrecombinant HVT viruses, monolayers of CEF cells are infected withrecombinant HVT, overlaid with nutrient agarose media and incubated for4-5 days at 39° C. Once plaques have developed, the agarose overlay isremoved from the dish, the monolayer rinsed 1× with PBS, fixed with 100%methanol for 10 minutes at room temperature and the cells air dried.After re-hydrating the plate with PBS, the primary antibody is dilutedto the appropriate dilution with PBS and incubated with the cellmonolayer for 2 hours to overnight at room temperature. Unbound antibodyis then removed from the cells by washing three times with PBS at roomtemperature. An alkaline phosphatase conjugated secondary antibody isdiluted with PBS and incubated with the cells for 2 hours at roomtemperature. Unbound secondary antibody is then removed by washing thecells three times with PBS at room temperature. Next, the monolayer isrinsed in color development buffer (100 mM Tris pH 9.5/100 mM NaCl/5 mMMgCl2), and then incubated 10 minutes to overnight at room temperaturewith freshly prepared substrate solution (0.3 mg/ml Nitro Bluetetrazolium +0.15 mg/ml 5-Bromo-4-Chloro-3-Indolyl Phosphatase in colordevelopment buffer.) Finally, the reaction is stopped by replacing thesubstrate solution with TE (10 mM Tris, pH7.5/1 mM EDTA). Plaquesexpressing the correct antigen will stain black.

PLAQUE HYBRIDIZATION PROCEDURE FOR ASSESSING THE PURITY OF RECOMBINANTHVT STOCKS. When no suitable immunological reagent exists to detect thepresence of a particular antigen in a recombinant HVT virus, plaquehybridization can be used to assess the purity of a stock. Initially,CEF cell monolayers are infected with various dilutions of the viralstocks to give ˜50-100 plaques/10 cm.dish, overlaid with nutrientagarose media and incubated for 4-5 days at 39° C. Once plaquedevelopment occurs, the position of each plaque is marked on bottom ofthe dish. The agarose overlay is then removed, the plate washed withPBS, and the remaining CEF monolayer is transferred to a NC membrane orBioRad nylon membrane pre-wetted with PBS. (making note of the membraneposition relative to the dish). Cells contained on the NC membranes arethen lysed by placing the membranes in 1.5 mls of 1.5M NaCl and 0.5MNaOH for five minutes. The membranes are neutralized by placing them in1.5 mls of 3M Sodium acetate (pH 5.2) for five minutes. DNA from thelysed cells is then bound to the NC membranes by baking at 80° C. forone hour. After this period the membranes are prehybridized in asolution containing 6× SSC, 3% skim milk, 0.5% SDS, (±) salmon sperm DNA(50 μg/ml) for one hour at 65° C. Radio-labeled probe DNA (alpha32P-dCTP) is then added and the membranes incubated at 65° C. overnight(˜12 hours). After hybridization the NC membranes are washed two times(30 minutes each) with 2× SSC at 65° C., followed by two additionalwashes at 65° C. with 0.5× SSC. The NC membranes are then dried andexposed to X-ray film (Kodak X-OMAT,AR) at -70° C. for 12 hours.Positive signals are then aligned with the position of the plaques onthe dish and purity of the stock is recorded as the percentage ofpositive plaques over the total.

CONSTRUCTION OF HOMOLOGY VECTOR FOR INSERTION OF THE BETA-GALACTOSIDASEGENE INTO HVT US2 GENE. The beta-galactosidase (lacZ) gene was insertedinto the HVT EcoRI #7 fragment at the unique StuI site. The marker geneis oriented in the same direction as the US2 gene. A detaileddescription of the marker gene is given in FIGS. 7A and 7B. It isconstructed utilizing standard recombinant DNA techniques (Maniatis etal, 1982 and Sambrook et al, 1989), by joining restriction fragmentsfrom the following sources with the synthetic DNA sequences indicated inFIGS. 7A and 7B. Fragment 1 is an approximately 413 base pair SalI toBamHI restriction subfragment of the PRV BamHI restriction fragment 10(Lomniczi et al., 1984). Fragment 2 is an approximately 3010 base pairBamHI to PvuII restriction fragment of plasmid pJF751 (Ferrari et al.,1985). Fragment 3 is an approximately 754 base pair NdeI to SalIrestriction subfragment of the PRV BamHI restriction fragment #7(Lomniczi et al., 1984).

SUBGENOMIC CLONE 172-07.BA2. Plasmid 172-07.BA2 was constructed for thepurpose of generating recombinant HVT. It contains an approximately25,000 base pair region of genomic HVT DNA. It may be used inconjunction with other subgenomic clones according to the PROCEDURE FORGENERATING RECOMBINANT HERPESVIRUS FROM OVERLAPPING SUBGENOMIC FRAGMENTSfor the construction of recombinant HVT. This plasmid may be constructedutilizing standard recombinant DNA techniques (Maniatis et al, 1982 andSambrook et al, 1989), by joining two restriction fragments from thefollowing sources. The first fragment is an approximately 2999 base pairBamHI to BamHI restriction fragment of pSP64 (Promega). The secondfragment is the approximately 25,000 base pair BamHI #2 fragment of HVT(Buckmaster et al., 1988). HOMOLOGY VECTOR 172-29.31. The plasmid172-29.31 was constructed for the purpose of inserting foreign DNA intoHVT. It contains a unique XhoI restriction enzyme site into whichforeign DNA may be inserted. When a plasmid containing a foreign DNAinsert at the XhoI site is used according to the DNA COTRANSFECTION FORGENERATING RECOMBINANT HERPESVIRUSES or the PROCEDURE FOR GENERATINGRECOMBINANT HERPESVIRUS FROM OVERLAPPING SUBGENOMIC FRAGMENTS a viruscontaining the foreign DNA will result. This plasmid may be constructedutilizing standard recombinant DNA techniques (Maniatis et al, 1982 andSambrook et al, 1989), by joining two restriction fragments from thefollowing sources. The first fragment is an approximately 2999 base pairBamHI to BamHI restriction fragment of pSP64 (Promega). The secondfragment is the approximately 3300 base pair BamI #16 fragment of HVT(Buckmaster et al., 1988). The complete sequence of the BamHI #16fragment is given in SEQ ID NO:3. Note that the fragment was cloned suchthat the UL43 ORF is in the opposite transcriptional orientation to thepSP64 β-lacatamase gene. HOMOLOGY VECTOR 172-63.1. The plasmid 172-63.1was constructed for the purpose of inserting foreign DNA into HVT. Itcontains a unique XhoI restriction enzyme site into which foreign DNAmay be inserted. When a plasmid containing a foreign DNA insert at theXhoI site is used according to the DNA COTRANSFECTION FOR GENERATINGRECOMBINANT HERPESVIRUSES or the PROCEDURE FOR GENERATING RECOMBINANTHERPESVIRUS FROM OVERLAPPING SUBGENOMIC FRAGMENTS a virus containing theforeign DNA will result. This plasmid may be constructed utilizingstandard recombinant DNA techniques (Maniatis et al, 1982 and Sambrooket al, 1989), by joining two restriction fragments from the followingsources. The first fragment is an approximately 2999 base pair EcoRI toEcoRI restriction fragment of pSP64 (Promega). The second fragment isthe approximately 5500 base pair EcoRI #9 fragment of HVT. Note that theEcoRI fragment was cloned such that the unique XhoI site is closest tothe unique HindIII site in the pSP64 vector.

HOMOLOGY VECTORS 255-18.B16. The plasmid 255-18.B16 was constructed forthe purpose of inserting the NDV HN and F genes into HVT. The NDV HN andF genes were inserted as a SalI fragment into the homology vector172-29.31 at the XhoI site. The NDV HN and F genes were inserted in thesame transcriptional orientation the UL43 ORF in the parental homologyvector. A detailed description of the SalI fragment is shown in FIGS.12A, 12B and 12C. The inserted SalI fragment may be constructedutilizing standard recombinant DNA techniques (Maniatis et al, 1982 andSambrook et al, 1989), by joining restriction fragments from thefollowing sources with the synthetic DNA sequences indicated in FIGS.12A, 12B and 12C. Fragment 1 is an approximately 416 base pair SalI toBamHI restriction subfragment of the PRV BamHI restriction fragment 10(Lomniczi et al., 1984).

Fragment 2 is an approximately 3009 base pair BamHI to PvuII fragment ofthe plasmid pJF751 (Ferrari et al., 1985). Fragment 3 is anapproximately 1200 base pair AvaII to EcoRI restriction fragment of fulllength NDV HN CDNA. Fragment 4 is an approximately 179 base pair EcORIto PvuII restriction fragment of the plasmid pSP64 (Promega). Fragment 5is an approximately 357 base pair SmaI to BamHI restriction subfragmentof the HSV-1 BamHI restriction fragment N. Fragment 6 is anapproximately 1812 base pair BamHI to PstI restriction fragment of thefull length NDV F CDNA. Fragment 7 is an approximately 235 base pairPstI to ScaI restriction fragment of the plasmid pBR322.

SUBGEMOMIC CLONE 378-50.BA1. Cosmid 378-50.BA1 was constructed for thepurpose of generating recombinant HVT. It contains an approximately29,500 base pair region of genomic HVT DNA. It may be used inconjunction with other subgenomic clones according to the PROCEDURE FORGENERATING RECOMBINANT HERPESVIRUS FROM OVERLAPPING SUBGENOMIC FRAGMENTSfor the construction of recombinant HVT. This cosmid may be constructedby joining two restriction fragments from the following sources. Thefirst fragment is an approximately 8164 base pair BamHI to BamHIrestriction fragment of pWE15 (Stratagene). The second fragment is theapproximately 29,500 base pair BamHI #1 fragment of HVT (Buckmaster etal., 1988).

SUBGEMOMIC CLONE 407-32.1C1. Cosmid 407-32.1C1 was constructed for thepurpose of generating recombinant HVT. It contains an approximately38,850 base pair region of genomic HVT DNA (see FIG. 8). This regionincludes BamHI fragments 11, 7, 8, 21, 6, 18, approximately 1250 basepairs of fragment 13, and approximately 6,700 base pairs of fragment 1.It may be used in conjunction with other subgenomic clones according tothe PROCEDURE FOR GENERATING RECOMBINANT HERPESVIRUS FROM OVERLAPPINGSUBGENOMIC FRAGMENTS for the construction of recombinant HVT. Thiscosmid maybe constructed as described above in the PROCEDURE FORGENERATING RECOMBINANT HERPESVIRUS FROM OVERLAPPING. SUBGENOMICFRAGMENTS. It was isolated from the sheared DNA library by screeningwith the probes P1 and P4 (described in FIG. 8). A bacterial straincontaining this cosmid has been deposited on Mar. 3, 1993 pursuant tothe Budapest Treaty on the International Deposit of Microorganisms forthe Purposes of Patent Procedure with the Patent Culture Depository ofthe American Type Culture Collection, 12301 Parklawn Drive, Rockville,Md. 20852 U.S.A. under ATCC Accession No. 75428.

SUBGEMOMIC CLONE 407-32.2C3. Cosmid 407-32.2C3 was constructed for thepurpose of generating recombinant HVT. It contains an approximately40,170 base pair region of genomic HVT DNA (see FIG. 8). This regionincludes BamHI fragments 10, 14, 19, 17, 5, and approximately 2,100 basepairs of fragment 2. It may be used in conjunction with other subgenomicclones according to the PROCEDURE FOR GENERATING RECOMBINANT HERPESVIRUSFROM OVERLAPPING SUBGENOMIC FRAGMENTS for the construction ofrecombinant HVT. This cosmid may be constructed as described above inthe PROCEDURE FOR GENERATING RECOMBINANT HERPESVIRUS FROM OVERLAPPINGSUBGENOMIC FRAGMENTS. It was isolated from the sheared DNA library byscreening with the probes P1 and P2 (described in FIG. 8). A bacterialstrain containing this cosmid has been deposited pursuant to theBudapest Treaty on the International Deposit of Microorganisms for thePurposes of Patent Procedure with the Patent Culture Depository of theAmerican Type Culture Collection, 12301 Parklawn Drive, Rockville, Md.20852 U.S.A. under ATCC Accession No. 75430.

SUBGEMOMIC CLONE 407-32.5G6. Cosmid 407-32.5G6 was constructed for thepurpose of generating recombinant HVT. It contains an approximately40,000 base pair region of genomic HVT DNA (see FIG. 8). This regionincludes BamHI fragments 9, 3, 20, 12, 16, 13, approximately 1,650 basepairs of fragment 2, and approximately 4,000 base pairs of fragment 11.It may be used in conjunction with other subgenomic clones according tothe PROCEDURE FOR GENERATING RECOMBINANT HERPESVIRUS FROM OVERLAPPINGSUBGENOMIC FRAGMENTS for the construction of recombinant HVT. Thiscosmid may be constructed as described above in the PROCEDURE FORGENERATING RECOMBINANT HERPESVIRUS FROM OVERLAPPING SUBGENOMICFRAGMENTS. It was isolated from the sheared DNA library by screeningwith the probes P2 and P3 (described in FIG. 8). A bacterial straincontaining this cosmid has been deposited on Mar. 3, 1993 pursuant tothe Budapest Treaty on the International Deposit of Microorganisms forthe Purposes of Patent Procedure with the Patent Culture Depository ofthe American Type Culture Collection, 12301 Parklawn Drive, Rockville,Md. 20852 U.S.A. under ATCC Accession No. 75427.

HOMOLOGY VECTOR 435-47.1. The plasmid 435-47.1 was constructed for thepurpose of inserting foreign DNA into HVT. It contains a unique HindIIIrestriction enzyme site into which foreign DNA may be inserted. When aplasmid containing a foreign DNA insert at the HindIII site is usedaccording to the DNA COTRANSFECTION FOR GENERATING RECOMBINANTHERPESVIRUSES or the PROCEDURE FOR GENERATING RECOMBINANT HERPESVIRUSFROM OVERLAPPING SUBGENOMIC FRAGMENTS a virus containing the foreign DNAwill result. This plasmid may be constructed utilizing standardrecombinant DNA techniques (Maniatis et al, 1982 and Sambrook et al,1989), by joining two restriction fragments from the following sources.The first fragment is an approximately 2999 base pair EcoRI to EcoRIrestriction fragment of pSP64 (Promega). The second fragment is theapproximately 7300 base pair EcoRI #7 fragment of HVT. Note that theHindIII site of the pSP64 vector was removed by digesting the subclonewith HindIII followed by a Klenow fill in reaction and religation. Asynthetic HindIII linker (CAAGCTTG) was then inserted into the uniqueStuI site of the EcoRI #7 fragment.

SUBGEMOMIC CLONE 437-26.24. Plasmid 437-26.24 was constructed for thepurpose of generating recombinant HVT. It contains an approximately13,600 base pair region of genomic HVT DNA. It may be used inconjunction with other subgenomic clones according to the PROCEDURE FORGENERATING RECOMBINANT HERPESVIRUS FROM OVERLAPPING SUBGENOMIC FRAGMENTSfor the construction of recombinant HVT. This plasmid may be constructedutilizing standard recombinant DNA techniques (Maniatis et al, 1982 andSambrook et al, 1989), by joining two restriction fragments from thefollowing sources. The first fragment is an approximately 2970 base pairHindIII to BamHI restriction fragment of pSP64 (Promega). The secondfragment is the approximately 13,600 base pair BamHI to StuI subfragmentof the BamHI #2 fragment of HVT (Buckmaster et al., 1988). Note that theBamHI #2 fragment contains five StuI sites, the site utilized in thissubcloning was converted to a HindIII site as described in the PROCEDUREFOR GENERATING RECOMBINANT HERPESVIRUS FROM OVERLAPPING SUBGENOMICFRAGMENTS.

SUBGEMOMIC CLONE 437-26.26. Plasmid 437-26.26 was constructed for thepurpose of generating recombinant HVT. It contains an approximately15,300 base pair region of genomic HVT DNA. It may be used inconjunction with other subgenomic clones according to the PROCEDURE FORGENERATING RECOMBINANT HERPESVIRUS FROM OVERLAPPING SUBGENOMIC FRAGMENTSfor the construction of recombinant HVT. This plasmid may be constructedutilizing standard recombinant DNA techniques (Maniatis et al, 1982 andSambrook et al, 1989), by joining two restriction fragments from thefollowing sources. The first fragment is an approximately 2970 base pairHindIII to BamHI restriction fragment of pSP64 (Promega). The secondfragment is the approximately 15,300 base pair BamHI to StuI subfragmentof the BamHI #2 fragment of HVT (Buckmaster et al., 1988). Note that theBamHI #2 fragment contains five StuI sites, the site utilized in thissubcloning was converted to a HindIII site as described in the PROCEDUREFOR GENERATING RECOMBINANT HERPESVIRUS FROM OVERLAPPING SUBGENOMICFRAGMENTS.

HOMOLOGY VECTORS 456-18.18 and 456-17.22. The plasmids 456-18.18 and456-17.22 were constructed for the purpose of inserting the MDV gA andgB genes into HVT. The MDV genes were inserted as a cassette into thehomology vector 435-47.1 at the unique HindIII site. The MDV genes wereinserted at the blunt ended HindIII site as a blunt ended PstI to EcoRIfragment (see FIGS. 10A and 10B). The HindIII and EcoRI sites wereblunted by the Klenow fill in reaction. The PstI site was blunted by theT4 DNA polymerase reaction. Note that the MDV cassette was inserted inboth orientations. Plasmid 456-18.18 contains the MDV genes inserted inthe opposite transcriptional orientation to the US2 gene in the parentalhomology vector. Plasmid 456-17.22 contains the MDV genes inserted inthe same transcriptional orientation as the US2 gene in the parentalhomology vector. A detailed description of the MDV cassette is given inFIGS. 10A and 10B. It may be constructed utilizing standard recombinantDNA techniques (Maniatis et al, 1982 and Sambrook et al, 1989), byjoining restriction fragments from the following sources with thesynthetic DNA sequences indicated in FIG. 10A and 10B. Fragment 1 is anapproximately 2178 base pair PvuII to EcoRV restriction subfragment ofthe MDV EcoRI 6.9 KB genomic restriction fragment (Ihara et al., 1989).Fragment 2 is an approximately 3898 base pair SalI to EcoRI genomic MDVfragment (Ross, et al., 1989).

HOMOLOGY VECTOR 528-03.37. The plasmid 528-03.37 was constructed for thepurpose of inserting the infectious laryngotracheitis (ILT) virus gDgene into HVT. The gD gene followed by the PRV gX poly adenylationsignal was inserted as a cassette into the homology vector 435-47.1 atthe unique HindIII site. The cassette may be constructed utilizingstandard recombinant DNA techniques (Maniatis et al, 1982 and Sambrooket al, 1989), by joining restriction fragments from the followingsources. The first fragment is an approximately 2060 base pair EcoRI toBclI restriction subfragment of the ILT KpnI genomic restrictionfragment #8 (10.6 KB). The second fragment is an approximately 754 basepair NdeI to SalI restriction subfragment of the PRV BamHI restrictionfragment #7 (Lomniczi et al., 1984). Note that the fragments areoriented such that BclI and NdeI sites are contiguous.

HOMOLOGY VECTOR 528-11.43. The plasmid 528-11.43 was constructed for thepurpose of inserting the infectious laryngotracheitis (ILT) virus gBgene (A. M. Grifin, 1991) into HVT. The gB gene was inserted as an EcoRIfragment into the homology vector 435-47.1 at the unique HindIII site.The gB gene was inserted at the blunt ended HindIII site as a bluntended EcoRI fragment. The HindIII and EcoRI sites were blunted by theKlenow fill in reaction. The gB gene was inserted in the sametranscriptional orientation as the US2 gene in the parental homologyvector. The EcoRI fragment may be obtained as a 3.0 KB ILT virus genomicfragment.

HOMOLOGY VECTOR 518-46.B3. The plasmid 518-46.B3 was constructed for thepurpose of inserting foreign DNA into HVT. It contains a unique HindIIIrestriction enzyme site into which foreign DNA may be inserted. When aplasmid containing a foreign DNA insert at the HindIII site is usedaccording to the DNA COTRANSFECTION FOR GENERATING RECOMBINANTHERPESVIRUSES or the PROCEDURE FOR GENERATING RECOMBINANT HERPESVIRUSFROM OVERLAPPING SUBGENOMIC FRAGMENTS a virus containing the foreign DNAwill result. This plasmid may be constructed utilizing standardrecombinant DNA techniques (Maniatis et al, 1982 and Sambrook et al,1989), by joining three restriction fragments from the followingsources. The first fragment is an approximately 1649 base pair PvuI toSalI restriction fragment of pSP64 (Promega). The second fragment is anapproximately 1368 base pair PvuI to SalI restriction fragment of pSP65(Promega). The third fragment is the approximately 3400 base pair XhoIto XhoI fragment of plasmid 437-47.1.

HOMOLOGY VECTOR 535-70.3. The plasmid 535-70.3 was constructed for thepurpose of inserting the MDV gB, and gA genes and the NDV F gene intoHVT. The F gene was inserted as a cassette into homology vector456-17.22 at the HindIII site located between the MDV gA and gB genes(see Junction B, FIG. 10A). The F gene is under the control of the HCMVimmediate early promoter and followed by the HSV-1 TK poly adenylationsignal. The F gene was inserted in the same transcriptional orientationas the US2 gene in the parental homology vector. The cassette may beconstructed utilizing standard recombinant DNA techniques (Maniatis etal, 1982 and Sambrook et al, 1989), by joining restriction fragmentsfrom the following sources. The first fragment is an approximately 1191base pair PstI to AvaII restriction subfragment of the HCMV genomic XbaIE fragment (D. R. Thomsen, et al., 1981). The second fragment is anapproximately 1812 base pair BamHI to PstI restriction fragment of thefull length NDV F cDNA clone (Bi strain). The last fragment is anapproximately 784 base pair SmaI to SmaI restriction subfragment of theHSV-1 BamHI restriction fragment Q (McGeoch, et al., 1985).

HOMOLOGY VECTOR 549-24.15. The plasmid 549-24.15 was constructed for thepurpose of inserting the MDV gB, and gA genes and the NDV HN and F genesinto HVT. The HN and F genes were inserted as a cassette into homolgyvector 456-17.22 at the HindIII site located between the MDV gA and gBgenes (see Junction B, FIG. 10A). The HN and F genes are under thecontrol of the PRV gpX and HCMV immediate early promoters respectively.The HN and F genes are followed by the PRV gX poly and HSV-1 TKadenylation signals respectively. The cassette may be constructedutilizing standard recombinant DNA techniques (Maniatis et al, 1982 andSambrook et al, 1989), by joining restriction fragments from thefollowing sources. The first fragment is an approximately 413 base pairSalI to BamHI restriction subfragment of the PRV BamHI fragment #10(Lomniczi, et al., 1984) The second fragment is an approximately 1811base pair AvaII to NaeI restriction fragment of the full length NDV HNcDNA clone (B1 strain). The third fragment is an approximately 754 basepair NdeI to SalI restriction subfragment of the PRV BamHI restrictionfragment #7 (Lomniczi, et al., 1984). The fourth fragment is anapproximately 1191 base pair PstI to AvaII restriction subfragment ofthe HCMV genomic XbaI E fragment (D. R. Thomsen, et al., 1981). Thefifth fragment is an approximately 1812 base pair BamHI to PstIrestriction fragment of the full length NDV F cDNA clone (B1 strain).The last fragment is an approximately 784 base pair SmaI to SmaIrestriction subfragment of the HSV-1 BamHI restriction fragment Q(McGeoch, et al., 1985).

HOMOLOGY VECTOR 549-62.10. The plasmid 549-62.10 was constructed for thepurpose of inserting the MDV gB, and gA genes and the NDV HN gene intoHVT. The HN gene was inserted as a cassette into homolgy vector456-17.22 at the HindIII site located between the MDV gA and gB genes(see Junction B, FIG. 10A). The HN gene is under the control of the PRVgpX promoter and followed by the PRV gX poly adenylation signal. The HNgene was inserted in the same transcriptional orientation as the US2gene in the parental homology vector. The cassette may be constructedutilizing standard recombinant DNA techniques (Maniatis et al, 1982 andSambrook et al, 1989), by joining restriction fragments from thefollowing sources. The first fragment is an approximately 413 base pairSalI to BamHI restriction subfragment of the PRV BamHI fragment #10(Lomniczi, et al., 1984) The second fragment is an approximately 1811base pair AvaII to NaeI restriction fragment of the full length NDV HNcDNA clone (B1 strain). The last fragment is an approximately 754 basepair NdeI to SalI restriction subfragment of the PRV BamHI restrictionfragment #7 (Lomniczi, et al., 1984).

SUBGENOMIC CLONE 550-60.6 Plasmid 550-60.6 was constructed for thepurpose of generating recombinant HVT. It contains an approximately12,300 base pair region of genomic HVT DNA. It may be used inconjunction with other subgenomic clones according to the PROCEDURE FORGENERATING RECOMBINANT HERPESVIRUS FROM OVERLAPPING SUBGENOMIC FRAGMENTSfor the construction of recombinant HVT. This plasmid may be constructedutilizing standard recombinant DNA techniques (Maniatis et al, 1982 andSambrook et al, 1989), by joining two restriction fragments from thefollowing sources. The first fragment is an approximately 4176 base pairEcoRV to BamHI restriction fragment of pBR322. The second fragment isthe approximately 12,300 base pair subfragment fragment of the BainHI #2fragment of HVT (Buckmaster et al., 1988). This fragment was generatedin the following manner. Plasmid 437-26.26 was linearized with HindIIIand then resected with the ExoIII Mung Bean Deletion Kit (Stratagene).Samples from the 3 and 4 minute reactions were combined and digestedwith BamHI resulting in a population of fragments containing the desired12,300 base pair subfragment. This-population was cloned into the pBR322fragment and the resulting clones were screened for the appropriate sizeand restriction map. Fortuitously the resected subfragment thatgenerated clone 550-60.6 ended in the nucleotides GG which generated asecond BamHI site when ligated to the EcoRV site (ATCC) of pBR322. Abacterial strain containing this plasmid has been deposited on Mar. 3,1993 pursuant to the Budapest Treaty on the International Deposit ofMicroorganisms for the Purposes of Patent Procedure with the PatentCulture Depository of the American Type Culture Collection, 12301Parklawn Drive, Rockville, Md. 20852 U.S.A. under ATCC Accession No.75429.

HOMOLOGY VECTORS 566-41.5. The plasmid 566-41.5 was constructed for thepurpose of inserting the MDV gA, gB and gD genes into HVT. The MDV gDgene was inserted as a HindIII fragment into the homology vector456-17.22 at the HindIII site located between MDV gA and gB (see FIGS.10A and 10B). The MDV gene was inserted in the same transcriptionalorientation as gA and gB in the parental homology vector. A detaileddescription of the HindIII fragment containing the MDV gD gene is shownin FIGS. 11A and 11B. Note that a herpesvirus polyadenation signal wasadded to the gD gene cassette. The inserted HindIII fragment may beconstructed utilizing standard recombinant DNA techniques (Maniatis etal, 1982 and Sambrook et al, 1989), by joining restriction fragmentsfrom the following sources with the synthetic DNA sequences indicated inFIGS. 11A and 11B. Fragment 1 is an approximately 784 base pair SmaI toSmaI restriction subfragment of the HSV-1 Ba HI restriction fragment Q(McGeoch et al., 1988). Note that this fragment is oriented such thatthe polyadenylation sequence (AATAAA) is located closest to junction B.Fragment 2 is an approximately 2177 base pair SalI to NcoI subfragmentof the MDV BglII 4.2 KB genomic restriction fragment (Ross, et al.,1991).

HOMOLOGY VECTOR 567-72.1D. The plasmid 567-72.1D was constructed for thepurpose of inserting the MDV gB, gA, and gD genes and the infectiousbronchitis virus (IBV) matrix and spike genes into HVT. The IBV geneswere inserted as a cassette into homolgy vector 566-41.5 at the uniqueNotI site located upstream of the MDV gD gene (see Junction C, FIG.11B). The IBV spike and matrix genes are under the control of the HCMVimmediate early and PRV gpX promoters respectively. The IBV spike andmatrix genes are followed by the HSV-1 TK and PRV gX poly adenylationsignals respectively. The IBV genes were inserted in the sametranscriptional orientation as the US2 gene in the parental homologyvector. The cassette may be constructed utilizing standard recombinantDNA techniques (Maniatis et al, 1982 and Sambrook et al, 1989), byjoining restriction fragments from the following sources. The firstfragment is an approximately 413 base pair SalI to BamHI restrictionsubfragment of the PRV BamHI fragment #10 (Lomniczi, et al., 1984) Thesecond fragment contains amino acids 1 to 223 of the IBV matrix gene.The coding region was obtained from a cDNA clone of the Arkansas strainof IBV. The third fragment is an approximately 754 base pair NdeI toSalI restriction subfragment of the PRV BamHI restriction fragment #7(Lomniczi, et al., 1984). The fourth fragment is an approximately 1191base pair PstI to AvaII restriction subfragment of the HCMV genomic XbaIE fragment (D. R. Thomsen, et al., 1981). The fifth fragment containsamino acids 4 to 1162 of the IBV spike gene. The coding region wasobtained from a cDNA clone of the Arkansas strain of IBV. The lastfragment is an approximately 784 base pair SmaI to SmaI restrictionsubfragment of the HSV-1 BamHI restriction fragment Q (McGeoch, et al.,1985).

HOMOLOGY VECTOR 603-57.F1. The plasmid 603-57.F1 was constructed for thepurpose of inserting the IBDV VP2 gene into HVT. The IBDV VP2 gene wasinserted as a cassette into homolgy vector 435-47.1 at the uniqueHindIII site. The VP2 gene is under the control of the HCMV immediateearly promoter and is followed by the HSV-1 TK poly adenylation signal.The VP2 gene was inserted in the same transcriptional orientation as theUS2 in the parental homology vector. The cassette may be constructedutilizing standard recombinant DNA techniques (Maniatis et al, 1982 andSambrook et al, 1989), by joining restriction fragments from thefollowing sources. The first fragment is an approximately 1191 base pairPstI to AvaII restriction subfragment of the HCMV genomic XbaI Efragment (D. R. Thomsen, et al., 1981). The second fragment is anapproximately 1081 base pair BclI to BamHI restriction subfragment ofthe full length IBDV cDNA clone (see SEQ ID NO:1). Note that the BclIsite was introduced into the cDNA clone directly upstream of the VP2initiator methionine by converting the sequence CGCAGC to TGATCA. Thefirst and second fragments are oriented such that AvaII and BclI sitesare contiguous. The third fragment is an approximately 784 base pairSmaI to SmaI restriction subfragment of the HSV-1 BamHI restrictionfragment Q (McGeoch, et al., 1985).

HOMOLOGY VECTOR 633-13.27. The plasmid 633-13.27 was constructed for thepurpose of inserting the MDV gB, gA and gD genes and the NDV HN and Fgenes into HVT. The HN and F genes are under the control of the PRV gpXand HCMV immediate early promoters respectively. The HN and F genes arefollowed by the PRV gX poly and HSV-1 TK adenylation signalsrespectively. All five genes were inserted in the same transcriptionalorientation as the US2 gene in the parental homology vector. The geneswere inserted in the following order MDV gA, NDV HN, NDV F,MDV gD, andMDV gB.

HOMOLOGY VECTOR 634-29.16. The plasmid 634-29.16 was constructed for thepurpose of inserting the ILT virus gB and gD genes into HVT. The lacZmarker gene followed by the ILT gB and gD genes inserted as a cassetteinto the homology vector 172-29.31 at the unique XhoI site. The cassettemay be constructed utilizing standard recombinant DNA techniques(Maniatis et al, 1982 and Sambrook et al, 1989), by joining restrictionfragments from the following sources. The first fragment is anapproximately 4229 base pair SalI to SalI restriction fragment derivedfrom the lacZ marker gene described above and shown in FIGS. 7A and 7B.The second fragment is an approximately 2060 base pair EcoRI to BclIrestriction subfragment of the ILT KpnI genomic restriction fragment #8(10.6 KB). The third fragment is an approximately 754 base pair NdeI toSalI restriction subfragment of the PRV BamHI restriction fragment #7(Lomniczi et al., 1984). Note that the second and third fragments areoriented such that BclI and NdeI sites are contiguous. The fourthfragment is the 3.0 KB ILT virus genomic EcoRI fragment containing thegB gene. All three genes are in the same transcriptional orientation asthe UL43 gene.

SUBGENOMIC CLONE 415-09.BA1. Cosmid 415-09.BA1 was constructed for thepurpose of generating recombinant HVT. It contains an approximately29,500 base pair BamHI #1 fragment of genomic HVT DNA. It was used inconjuction with other subgenomic clones according to the PROCEDURE FORGENERATING RECOMBINANT HERPESVIRUS FROM OVERLAPPING SUBGENOMIC FRAGMENTSfor the construction of recombinant HVT. This cosmid was constructed byjoining two restriction fragments (Sambrook, et al., 1989) from thefollowing sources. The vector is an approximately 4430 base pair BamHIto BamHI restriction fragment of pSY1005 derived from pHC79 (BethesdaResearch Labs, Inc.) and pWE15 (Stratagene, Inc.). The first fragment isthe approximately 29,500 base pair BamHI #1 fragment of the HVT genome(Buckmaster et al., 1988).

SUBGENOMIC CLONE 672-01.A40. Cosmid 672-01.A40 was constructed for thepurpose of generating recombinant HVT. It was isolated as a subclone ofcosmid 407-32.1C1 (see FIGS. 8 and 15). Cosmid 672-01.A40 contains anapproximately 14,000 base pair NotI to AscI subfragment and anapproximately 1300 base pair AscI to BamHI subfragment of cosmid407-32.1C1. The cosmid was constructed by joining restriction fragments(Sambrook, et al., 1989) from the following sources. The vector is anapproximately 2700 base pair NotI to BamHI fragment constructed frompNEB193 (New England Biolabs, Inc.) which contains a NotI linkerinserted into the SmaI site. Fragment 1 is an approximately 15,300 basepair region of genomic HVT DNA. This region includes BamHI fragments 11and 7, and approximately 1250 base pairs of fragment 13. It was used inconjunction with other subgenomic clones according to the PROCEDURE FORGENERATING RECOMBINANT HERPESVIRUS FROM OVERLAPPING SUBGENOMIC FRAGMENTSfor the construction of recombinant HVT.

SUBGENOMIC CLONE 654-45.1. Plasmid 654-45.1 was constructed for thepurpose of generating recombinant HVT. It was isolated as an AscIsubclone of cosmid 407-32.1C1 (see FIGS. 8 and 15). The cosmid wasconstructed by joining restriction fragments (Sambrook, et al., 1989)from the following sources. The vector is an approximately 2000 basepair AscI fragment constructed from a 2000 base pair AatII to PvuIIfragment of PNEB 193 (New England Biolabs, Inc.) blunt ended with KlenowDNA polymerase and AscI linkers inserted. Fragment 1 is an approximately8600 base pair ASCI to AscI fragment of genomic HVT DNA. This regionincludes BamHI fragments 10 and 21, and approximately 1100 base pairs offragment 6 and approximately 1300 base pairs of fragment 7. The XhoIsite (Nucleotide #1333-1338; SEQ ID NO. 48) has been converted to aunique PacI site using synthetic DNA linkers. The PacI site was used forthe insertion and expression of foreign genes in HVT. (See FIG. 13A). Itwas used in conjunction with other subgenomic clones according to thePROCEDURE FOR GENERATING RECOMBINANT HERPESVIRUS FROM OVERLAPPINGSUBGENOMIC FRAGMENTS for the construction of recombinant HVT.

SUBGENOMIC CLONE 686-63.A1. Plasmid 686-63.A1 was constructed for thepurpose of generating recombinant HVT. It was isolated as an AscIsubclone of cosmid 407-32.1C1 (see FIGS. 8, 15). The cosmid wasconstructed by joining restriction fragments (Sambrook, et al., 1989)from the following sources. The vector is an approximately 2000 basepair AscI fragment constructed from a 2000 base pair AatII to PvuIIfragment of pNEB193 (New England Biolabs, Inc.) blunt ended with KlenowDNA polymerase and AscI linkers inserted. Fragment 1 is an approximately8600 base pair AscI to AscI fragment of genomic HVT DNA. This regionincludes BamHI fragments 10 and 21, and approximately 1100 base pairs offragment 6 and approximately 1300 base pairs of fragment 7. The XhoIsite (Nucleotide #1333-1338; SEQ ID NO. 48) has been converted to aunique NotI site using synthetic DNA linkers. The NotI site was used forthe insertion and expression of foreign genes in HVT. (See FIG. 13B). Itwas used in conjunction with other subgenomic clones according to thePROCEDURE FOR GENERATING RECOMBINANT HERPESVIRUS FROM OVERLAPPINGSUBGENOMIC FRAGMENTS for the construction of recombinant HVT.

SUBGENOMIC CLONE 672-07.C40. Cosmid 672-07.C40 was constructed for thepurpose of generating recombinant HVT. It was isolated as a subclone ofcosmid 407-32.1C1 (see FIGS. 8 and 15). Cosmid 672-07.C40 contains anapproximately 1100 base pair BamHI to AscI subfragment and anapproximately 13,000 base pair AscI to NotI subfragment of cosmid407-32.1C1. The cosmid was constructed by joining restriction fragments(Sambrook, et al., 1989) from the following sources. The vector is anapproximately 2700 base pair NotI to BamHI fragment constructed frompNEB193 (New England Biolabs, Inc.) which contains a NotI linkerinserted into the SmaI site. Fragment 1 is an approximately 14,100 basepair region of genomic HVT DNA. This region includes BamHI fragments 6and 18, and an approximately 2600 base pair BamHI to NotI fragmentwithin BamHI fragment #1. It was used in conjunction with othersubgenomic clones according to the PROCEDURE FOR GENERATING RECOMBINANTHERPESVIRUS FROM OVERLAPPING SUBGENOMIC FRAGMENTS for the constructionof recombinant HVT.

SUBGENOMIC CLONE 706-57.A3. Plasmid 706-57.A3 was constructed for thepurpose of generating recombinant HVT. Plasmid 706-57.A3 contains theIBDV VP2 gene inserted into the PacI site of plasmid 654-45.1. The IBDVVP2 gene uses the IBRV VP8 promoter and ILTV US3 polyadenylation signal.The cosmid was constructed utilizing standard recombinant DNA techniques(Sambrook, et al., 1989) by joining restriction fragments from thefollowing sources. The vector is an approximately 2000 base pair AscIfragment constructed from a 2000 base pair AatII to PvuII fragment ofPNEB193 (New England Biolabs, Inc.) blunt ended with Klenow DNApolymerase and AscI linkers inserted. The first fragment is a 208 basepair HindIII to BamHI fragment coding for the IBRV VP8 promoter(Carpenter et al., 1991). The second fragment is an approximately 1626base pair fragment coding 4for the IBDV VP2 gene derived by reversetranscription and polymerase chain reaction (PCR) (Sambrook, et al.,1989) of IBDV standard challenge strain (USDA) genomic RNA (Kibenge etal., 1990). The antisense primer used for reverse transcription and PCRwas 5'-CTCGCTCGCCCATGATCATTAAGCAAGAATTCCGTCG-3' (SEQ ID NO. 53). Thesense primer used for PCR was5'-CTGGTTCGGCCCATGATCAGATGACAAACCTGCAAGATC-3' (SEQ ID NO. 54). The DNAfragment generated by PCR was cloned into the PCR-Direct ™ vector(Clontech Laboratories, Inc., Palo Alto, Calif.). The IBDV VP2 fragmentwas subcloned next to the VP8 promoter using BclI sites generated by thePCR primers. The DNA sequence at this junction adds amino acidsmethionine, aspartate and glutamine before the native initiatormethionine of VP2. The DNA fragment contains the coding sequence fromamino acid 1 to amino acid 536 of the IBDV polyprotein (SEQ ID NO. 2)which includes the entire coding sequence of the VP2 protein. The thirdfragment is an approximately 494 base pair fragment coding for the ILTVUS3 polyadenylation signal.

SUBGENOMIC CLONE 711-92.1A. Plasmid 711-92.1A was constructed for thepurpose of generating recombinant HVT. Plasmid 711-92.1A contains theILTV gD and gI genes inserted into the PacI site of plasmid 654-45.1.The ILTV gD and gI genes use their respective endogenous ILTV promotersand single shared endogenous polyadenylation signal. The plasmid wasconstructed utilizing standard recombinant DNA techniques (Sambrook, etal., 1989) by joining restriction fragments from the following sources.The vector is an approximately 2000 base pair AscI fragment constructedfrom a 2000 base pair AatII to PvuII fragment of pNEB193 (New EnglandBiolabs, Inc.) blunt ended with Klenow DNA polymerase and AscI linkersinserted. The first fragment is an approximately 3556 base pair SalI toHindIII restriction subfragment of the ILTV Asp718I genomic fragment #8(10.6 kb).

SUBGENOMIC CLONE 717-38.12. Plasmid 717-38.12 was constructed for thepurpose of generating recombinant HVT. Plasmid 717-38.12 contains theNDV HN and F genes inserted into the PacI site of plasmid 654-45.1. TheNDV HN gene uses the PRV gX promoter and the PRV gX polyadenylationsignal. The NDV F gene uses the HCMV immediate early promoter and theHSV TK polyadenylation signal. The plasmid was constructed utilizingstandard recombinant DNA techniques (Sambrook, et al., 1989) by joiningrestriction fragments from the following sources. The vector is anapproximately 2000 base pair AscI fragment constructed from a 2000 basepair AatII to PvuII fragment of pNEB193 (New England Biolabs, Inc.)blunt ended with Klenow DNA polymerase and AscI linkers inserted. Thefirst fragment is an approximately 413 base pair SalI to BamHIrestriction subfragment of the PRV BamHI fragment #10 (Lomniczi, et al.,1984). The second fragment is an approximately 1811 base pair AvaII toNaeI restriction fragment of the full length NDV HN cDNA clone (B1strain; SEQ ID NO. 10). The third fragment is an approximately 754 basepair NdeI to SalI restriction subfragment of the PRV Ba restrictionfragment #7 (Lomniczi, et al., 1984). The fourth fragment is anapproximately 1191 base pair PstI to AvaII restriction subfragment ofthe HCMV genomic XbaI E fragment (D. R. Thomsen, et al., 1981). Thefifth fragment is an approximately 1812 base pair BamHI to PstIrestriction fragment of the full length NDV F CDNA clone (B1 strain; SEQID NO. 12). The sixth fragment is an approximately 784 base pair SmaI toSmaI restriction subfragment of the HSV-1 BamHI restriction fragment Q(McGeoch, et al., 1985).

SUBGENOMIC CLONE 721-38.1J. Cosmid 721-38.1J was constructed for thepurpose of inserting the MDV gA, gD, and gB genes into the unique shortof HVT and for the purpose of generating recombinant HVr. Cosmid721-38.1J contains the MDV gA, gD and gB genes inserted into a StuI sitein the HVT US2 gene converted to a unique HindIII site within the BamHI#1 fragment of the unique short region of HVT. This region of the HVTBamHI #1 fragment containing the MDV genes was derived from S-HVT-062.Cosmid 721-38.1J was constructed by a partial restriction digest withBamHI of S-HVT-062 DNA and isolation of an approximately 39,300 basepair fragment. The cosmid was constructed utilizing standard recombinantDNA techniques (Sambrook, et al., 1989) by joining restriction fragmentsfrom the following sources. The vector is an approximately 8200 basepair BamHI fragment from cosmid vector pWE15. The first fragment is anapproximately 900 base pair BamHI fragment from the repeat region of theHVT genome. The second fragment is an approximately 15,500 base pairBamHI to StuI subfragment of BamHI #1 of HVT. The third fragment is anapproximately 8400 base pair cassette containing the MDV gA, gD, and gBgenes (see FIGS. 10 and 11). The fourth fragment is an approximately14,500 base pair HindIII to BamHI subfragment of the BamHI #1 of HVT.

SUBGENOMIC CLONE 722-60.E2. Cosmid 722-60.E2 was constructed for thepurpose of inserting the MDV gA, gD, and gB genes and the NDV HN and Fgenes into the unique short of HVT and for the purpose of generatingrecombinant HVT. Cosmid 722-60.E2 contains the MDV gA, gD and gB genesand the NDV HN and F genes inserted into a StuI site in the HVT US2 geneconverted to a unique HindIII site within the BamHI #1 fragment of theunique short region of HVT. All five genes were inserted in the sametranscriptional orientation as the HVT US2 gene. This region of the HVTBamHI #1 fragment containing the MDV and NDV genes was derived fromS-HVT-106. Cosmid 722-60.E2 was constructed by a partial restrictiondigest with BamHI of S-HVT-106 and isolation of an approximately 46,300base pair fragment. The cosmid was constructed utilizing standardrecombinant DNA techniques (Sambrook, et al., 1989) by joiningrestriction fragments from the following sources. The vector is anapproximately 6100 base pair BamHI fragment from cosmid vector pSY1626derived from pHC79 (Bethesda Research Labs, Inc.) and pWE15 (Strategene,Inc.). The first fragment is an approximately 900 base pair BamHIfragment from the repeat region of the HVT genome. The second fragmentis an approximately 15,500 base pair BamHI to StuI subfragment of BamHI#1 of HVT. The third fragment is an approximately 15,400 base paircassette containing the MDV gA gene, (FIGS. 10A and 10B, SEQ ID NO. 8),the PRV gX promoter (Lomniczi et al., 1984), the NDV HN gene (SEQ ID NO.10), the PRV gX polyadenylation site (Lomniczi et al., 1984), the HCMVimmediate early promoter (D. R. Thomsen, et al., 1981), the NDV F gene(SEQ ID NO. 12), the HSV TK polyadenylation site (McGeoch, et al.,1985), the MDV gD gene (FIGS. 11A and 11B), the approximately 450 basepair ILTV US3 polyadenylation site, and the MDV gB gene (FIGS. 10A and10B). The fourth fragment is an approximately 14,500 base pair StuI toBamHI subfragment of the BamHI #1 of HVT.

SUBGENOMIC CLONE 729-37.1. Plasmid 729-37.1 was constructed for thepurpose of generating recombinant HVT. Plasmid 729-37.1 contains theILTV gD and gB genes inserted into the NotI site of plasmid 686-63.A1.The ILTV gD and gB genes use their respective endogenous ILTV promoters,and the ILTV gD and gB gene are each followed by PRV gX polyadenylationsignals. The ILTV gD and gB gene cassette was constructed utilizingstandard recombinant DNA techniques (Sambrook, et al., 1989) by joiningrestriction fragments from the following sources. The vector is anapproximately 2000 base pair AscI fragment constructed from a 2000 basepair AatII to PvuII fragment of pNEB193 (New England Biolabs, Inc.)blunt ended with Klenow DNA polymerase and AscI linkers inserted. Thefirst fragment is an approximately 2052 base pair SalI to XbaIrestriction subfragment of the ILTV Asp78I genomic fragment #8 (10.6kb). The second fragment is an approximately 572 base pair XbaI toAsp78I restriction subfragment of the PRV BamHI restriction fragment #7(Lomniczi et al., 1984). The third fragment is an approximately 3059base pair EcoRI to EcoRI restriction fragment of ILTV genomic DNA. Thefourth fragment is an approximately 222 base pair EcoRI to SalIrestriction subfragment of the PRV BamHI restriction fragment #7(Lomniczi et al., 1984).

SUBGENOMIC CLONE 739-27.16. Cosmid 739-27.16 was constructed for thepurpose of constructing a chimeric HVT/MDV virus containing the HVTgenes of the unique long region and the MDV type 1 genes of the uniqueshort region. Cosmid 739-27.16 contains the complete unique short regionof MDV type 1. This region contains the entire SniaI B fragment and twoSmaI K fragments. Cosmid 739-27.16 was constructed by a partialrestriction digest with SmaI of MDV DNA and isolation of anapproximately 29,000 to 33,000 base pair fragment. The cosmid wasconstructed utilizing standard recombinant DNA techniques (Sambrook, etal., 1989) by joining restriction fragments from the following sources.The vector is an approximately 8200 base pair BamHI fragment (madeblunt-ended with Klenow DNA polymerase) from cosmid vector pWE15, Thefirst fragment is an approximately 4050 base pair SmaI K fragment fromthe short internal repeat region of the MDV genome. The second fragmentis an approximately 21,000 base pair fragment SmaI B of MDV. The thirdfragment is an approximately 3,650 base pair SmaI K fragment from theshort terminal repeat region of the MDV genome (Fukuchi, et al., 1984,1985).

EXAMPLES Example 1

S-HVT-001

S-HVT-001 is a herpesvirus of turkeys (HVT) that contains the E. coliβ-galactosidase gene inserted into the unique long region of the HVTgenome. The restriction enzyme map of HVT has been published (T.Igarashi, et al., 1985). This information was used as a starting pointto engineer the insertion of foreign genes into HVT. The BamHIrestriction map of HVT is shown in FIG. 1A. From this data, severaldifferent regions of HVT DNA into which insertions of foreign genescould be made were targeted. The foreign gene chosen for insertion wasthe E. coli β-galactosidase (lacZ) gene, which we have used in PRV. Thepromoter was the PRV gpX promoter. The lacZ gene was inserted into theunique long region of HVT, specifically into the XhoI site in the BamHI#16 (3329bp) fragment, and was shown to be expressed in an HVTrecombinant by the formation of blue plaques using the substrateBluogal™ (Bethesda Research Labs). Similarly, the lacZ gene has beeninserted into the SalI site in the repeat region contained within theBamHI #19 (900 bp) fragment.

These experiments show that HVT is amenable to the procedures describedwithin this application for the insertion and expression of foreigngenes in herpesviruses. In particular, two sites for insertion offoreign DNA have been identified (FIGS. 1B and 1C).

Example 2

S-HVT-003

S-HVT-003 is a herpesvirus of turkeys (HVT) that contains the E. coliβ-galactosidase (lacZ) gene and the infectious bursal disease virus(IBDV) strain S40747 large segment of RNA (as a cDNA copy) (SEQ IDNO: 1) inserted into the unique long region of the HVT genome. This IBDVDNA contains one open reading frame that encodes three proteins(5'VP2-VP4-VP3 3') (SEQ ID NO: 2), two of which are antigens to provideprotection against IBDV infections of chickens. Expression of the genesfor both β-galactosidase and the IBDV polyprotein are under the controlof the pseudorabies virus (PRV) gpX gene promoter. S-HVT-003 was made byhomologous recombination. S-HVT-003 was deposited on Jul. 21, 1987pursuant to the Budapest Treaty on the International Deposit ofMicroorganism for Purposes of Patent Procedure with the Patent CultureDepository of the American Type Culture Collection, 123C1 ParklawnDrive, Rockville, Md. 20852 U.S.A. under ATCC Accession No. VR 2178.

The IBDV genes were cloned by the cDNA CLONING PROCEDURE. Clonesrepresenting the genome of IBDV were screened by SOUTHERN BLOTTING OFDNA procedure against blots containing authentic IBDV RNA. Positiveclones were then characterized by restriction mapping to identify groupsof clones. Two such clones were identified, that together were found torepresent the entire coding region of the IBDV large segment of RNA (3.3kb dsRNA). One cDNA clone (2-84) contained an approximately 2500 basepair fragment representing the first half of the IBDV gene. The secondclone (2-40) contained an approximately 2000 base pair fragmentrepresenting the distal half of the IBDV gene. Plasmid 2-84/2-40,representing the entire IBDV gene, was constructed by joining clone 2-84and 2-40 at a unique PvuII site present in the overlapping sequences.The IBDV genome can be obtained from plasmid 2-84/2-40 as anapproximately 3400 base pair SmaI to HpaI fragment. Confirmation of thenature of the proteins encoded by the IBDV gene was obtained byexpressing the clone (2-84/2-40) in E. coli and detecting VP3 antigenusing antiserum made against purified IBDV capsid proteins on Westernblots. The cDNA of the IBDV large segment of RNA encoding the IBDVantigens show one open reading frame that will henceforth be referred toas the IBDV gene. The sequence of an Australian IBDV strain has beenpublished which bears close homology to applicants' sequence (Hudson etal, 1986). Comparison of the amino acid differences between the twoviruses revealed 29 amino acid changes within the 1012 amino acid codingregion. There were only 3 amino acid differences deduced for VP4 andonly 8 in VP3. In contrast, VP2 contained 18 amino acid changes, 14 ofwhich were clustered between amino acids 139 to 332.

For insertion into the genome of HVT, the coding region for the IBDVgene was cloned between the PRV gpX promoter and the HSV TK poly-Asignal sequence, creating plasmid 191-23. To aid in the identificationof HVT recombinants made by homologous recombination containing the IBDVgene, the gpX promoted IBDV fragment from plasmid 191-23 was insertedbehind (in tandem to) a lacZ gene controlled by a gpX promoter. Theresultant plasmid, 191-47, contains the E.coli lacZ gene and the IBDVgene under the control of individual PRV gpX promoters. In constructingplasmid 191-47, various DNA fragments were joined by recombinant DNAtechniques using either naturally occurring restriction sites orsynthetic linker DNA. Details concerning the construction of these genescontained in plasmid 191-47 can be seen in FIGS. 2A, 2B, 2C and 2D.

The first segment of DNA (Segment 1, FIG. 2A) contains the gpX promoterregion including the residues encoding the first seven amino acids ofthe gpX gene, and was derived from a subclone of the PRV BamHI #10fragment as an approximately 800 base pair SalI to BamHI fragment. Thesecond segment of DNA (Segment 2, FIG. 2A) contains the E. coliβ-galactosidase coding region from amino acid 10 to amino acid 1024 andwas derived from the plasmid pJF751 (obtained from Jim Hoch, ScrippsClinic and Research Foundation) as an approximately 3300 base pair BamHIto BalI fragment followed by an approximately 40 base pair AvaI to SmaIfragment. The third segment of DNA (Segment 3, FIG. 2A) contains the gpXpoly A signal sequence and was derived from a subclone of the PRV BamHI#7 fragment as an approximately 700 base pair NdeI to StuI fragment.Segment three was joined to segment two by ligating the NdeI end whichhad been filled in according to the POLYMERASE FILL-IN REACTION, to theSmaI site. The fourth segment of DNA (Segment 4, FIG. 2A) contains thegpX promoter (TATA box and cap site) and was derived from a subclone ofthe PRV BamHI #10 fragment as an approximately 330 base pair NaeI toAluI fragment. Additionally, segment four contains approximately 36 basepairs of HSV TK 5'untranslated leader sequence as a PstI to BglIIfragment in which the PstI site has been joined to the AluI site throughthe use of a synthetic DNA linker (McKnight and Kingbury, 1982). DNAsegments four through six were inserted as a unit into the unique KpnIsite of segment three which is located 3' of the gpX poly A signalsequence. The fifth segment of DNA (Segment 5, FIG. 2A) contains theentire coding region of the IBDV large segment of RNA (cDNA clone) as anapproximately 3400 base pair SmaI to HpaI fragment. The SmaI site ofsegment five was fused to the BglII site of segment four which had beenfilled in according to the POLYMERASE FILL IN REACTION. Expression ofthe IBDV gene (5'VP2-VP4-VP3 3') is under the control of the gpXpromoter (segment 4), but utilizes its own natural start and stopcodons. The sixth segment of DNA (Segment 6, FIG. 2A) contains the HSVTK poly-A signal sequence as an approximately 800 base pair SmaIfragment (obtained from Bernard Roizman, Univ. of Chicago). The HpaIsite of segment five was fused to the SmaI site of segment six throughthe use of a synthetic DNA linker.

In summary, the construct used to create S-HVT-003 (plasmid 191-47)contains (5' to 3') the PRV promoter, the gpX TATA box, the gpX capsite, the first seven amino acids of gpX, the E. coli β-galactosidase(lacZ) gene, the PRV poly-A signal sequence, the PRV gpX promoter, thegpX TATA box, the gpx cap site, a fusion within the gpX untranslated 5'leader to the IBDV gene, IBDV start codon, a fusion within the IBDVuntranslated 3' end to HSV TK untranslated 3' end, and the TK poly-Asignal sequence. The cassette containing these genes was engineered suchthat it was flanked by two EcoRI restriction endonuclease sites. As aresult, an approximately 9100 base pair fragment containing both lacZgene and the IBDV gene can be obtained by digestion with EcoRI.Henceforth, the 9161 base pair EcoRI fragment will be referred to as theIBDV/lacZ cassette. The following procedures were used to constructS-HVT-003 by homologous recombination. The IBDV/lacZ cassette wasinserted into the unique XhoI site present within a subclone of the HVTBamHI #16 fragment. To achieve this, the XhoI site was first changed toan EcoRI site through the use of an EcoRI linker. This site hadpreviously been shown to be nonessential in HVT by the insertion of lacZ(S-HVT-001). It was also shown that the flanking homology regions inBamHI #16 were efficient in homologous recombination. Shown in FIGS. 3Aand 3B, the genomic location of the BamHI #16 fragment maps within theunique long region of HVT. The BamHI #16 fragment is approximately 3329base pairs in length (SEQ ID NOs: 3, 4, 5, 6, and 7). HVT DNA wasprepared by the PREPARATION OF HERPESVIRUS DNA procedure.,Cotransfections of HVT DNA and plasmid DNA into primary chick embryofibroblast (CEF) cells were done according to the DNA TRANSFECTION FORGENERATING RECOMBINANT HERPESVIRUS. The recombinant virus resulting fromthe cotransfection stock was purified by three successive rounds ofplaque purification using the BLUOGAL SCREEN FOR RECOMBINANT HERPESVIRUSprocedure. When 100% of the plaques were blue, the DNA was analyzed forthe presence of the IBDV gene by the SOUTHERN BLOTTING OF DNA procedure.Southern blots, probing EcoRI digested S-HVT-003 DNA with an IBDVspecific nick translated probe (plasmid 2-84/2-40), confirmed thepresence of the 9100 base pair EcoRI fragment. This result confirmedthat S-HVT-003 contained both the lacZ gene and the IBDV geneincorporated into its genome. Additional Southern blots, using a probespecific for BamHI #16, confirmed that the homologous recombinationoccurred at the appropriate position in BamHI #16 and that no deletionswere created. No differences in the growth of S-HVT-003 compared to wildtype virus (S-HVT-000) were observed in vitro.

Expression of IBDV specific proteins from S-HVT-003 were assayed invitro using the WESTERN BLOTTING PROCEDURE. Cellular lysates wereprepared as described in PREPARATION OF HERPESVIRUS CELL LYSATES.Briefly, the proteins contained in the cellular lysates of S-HVT-003were separated by polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis, transferred tonitrocellulose, and probed with either an antiserum made againstdenatured purified IBDV capsid proteins or antiserum made against asynthetic peptide corresponding to a predicted imuno dominant region ofthe IBDV 40 kd (VP2) capsid protein. The filters were washed and treatedwith ¹²⁵ ! protein A to detect the position of the bound antibodies.FIG. 4 shows the results obtained using the antiserum made againstdenatured purified IBDV capsid proteins, which have been shown by theapplicants to react primarily with VP3 (32 kd protein). As seen,S-HVT-003 produces a protein which is immunologically indistinguishablefrom the authentic VP3 protein from intact IBDV virions. Moreover, thepolyprotein appears to be processed correctly, producing a VP3 speciesthat comigrates with the authentic VP3 protein. Recent evidence using anAustralian IBDV stain indicates that VP4 is involved in the processingof the precursor polyprotein into mature VP2 and VP3 protein species(Jagadish, et al., 1988). FIG. 5 shows the results obtained using arabbit antiserum raised against a synthetic peptide that is homologousto a 14 amino acid region of the IBDV VP2 (40 kd) capsid protein. Asseen, S-HVT-003 produces a protein that is immunologicallyindistinguishable from the authentic viral VP2 protein. In addition, theVP2 protein produced from S-HVT-003 comigrates with the 40 kd species ofVP2 isolated from intact IBDV virions. This species represents a majorcomponent of infectious (complete) viral particles.

In summary, analysis of the expression of IBDV specific proteins fromS-HVT-003 has shown that the polyprotein is processed in CEF cellculture, producing proteins of the appropriate size that react toimmunological reagents specific for either VP2 or VP3 proteins onWestern blots.

The following set of experiments was carried out in chickens to analyzethe in vivo expression of the IBDV genes contained within S-HVT-003 asdetermined by seroconversion data, serum neutralization results, andprotection from IBDV challenge.

The first experiment was designed to show the seroconversion of chickensto IBDV upon being vaccinated with S-HVT-003. Eleven 11-week-oldchickens, seronegative to HVT and IBDV were obtained from SPAFAS Inc.Six birds were vaccinated subcutaneously in the abdominal region with0.5 ml of a cellular suspension of CEF cells containing S-HVT-003(40,000 PFU/ml). Serum samples were obtained every seven days for eightweeks for all birds in this study. On day 28 (4th week), three of thesebirds received a boost of S-HVT-003, while the other three birdsreceived 0.5 ml of an inactivated IBDV vaccine inoculated subcutaneouslyin the cervical region. Three additional birds were given only theinactivated vaccine on day 28. Two birds served as contact controls andreceived no vaccinations. On day 56, all birds were sacrificed andnecropsied. Table 1 show the results of the serum neutralization assayagainst IBDV. No detectable SN activity was observed in the birds givenonly S-HVT-003. Additionally, only one of the three birds that weregiven only the inactivated vaccine demonstrated low but detectable SNactivity. SN titers were also detected in one of the three birds thatreceived the S-HVT-003 followed by the inactivated IBDV vaccine boost;these titers were at a much higher level than with the inactivated IBDVvaccine alone. These results suggest that S-HVT-003 is priming thechicken for a secondary response against IBDV. In vitro analysis of theserum samples by WESTERN BLOTTING confirmed the seroconversion of thechickens to IBDV upon vaccination with S-HVT-003 both prior to and afterboosts administered on day 28.

                  TABLE 1    ______________________________________              DAY    Vaccine    Group  Bird No. 28     31   35   38    42    49    ______________________________________    HVT-003           265      <2     <2   <2   <2    <2    <2    HVT-003           266      <2     <2   <2   <2    <2    <2           267      <2     <2   <2   <2    <2    <2    HVT-003           260      <2     <2   <2   <2    <2    <2    IBDV.sup.a           264      <2     <2   <2   1:64  1:256 1:512           269      <2     <2   <2   <2    <2    <2    C      261      <2     <2   <2   <2    <2    <2    IBDV.sup.a           262      <2     <2   <2   <2    1:4   1:4           263      <2     <2   <2   <2    <2    <2    C      270      <2     <2   <2   <2    <2    <2           271      <2     <2   <2   <2    <2    <2    ______________________________________     .sup.a Commercial

In the second experiment, twenty five 1-day old SPF chicks werevaccinated with S-HVT-003 (20 with 0.2 ml subcutaneously and 5 bybilateral eyedrop). Twenty chicks were kept as controls. On days fourand seven postinfection, five vaccinates and two control birds werebled, sacrificed and their spleens removed for virus isolation. Spleencell suspensions were made by standard method, and ˜1×10⁶ cells in 3 mlof chick embryo fibroblast (CEF) growth media were inoculated directlyonto secondary cells. Cultures were incubated for 6-7 days and thenscored for cytopathic effects (CPE) as determined by observing cellmorphology. The cultures were passed a second time, and again scored forCPE. The results are shown in Table 2. All nonvaccinated control birdsremained negative for HVT for both day 4 and 7 spleen cell isolations.Four out of the five birds vaccinated with S-HVT-003 were positive forHVT at day 4 for both the first and second passages. One bird did notproduce virus, this may represent a vaccination failure. Five out offive birds were positive for HVT on day 7 at both passage one and two.Overall, the vector recovery experiment demonstrates that S-HVT-003replicates as well as wild type HVT virus in vivo and that insertion ofthe IBDV/lacZ cassette into the XhoI site of BamHI #16 does not resultin detectable attenuation of virus. Subsequent experiments examining therecovered virus by the BLUOGAL SCREEN FOR RECOMBINANT HERPESVIRUSprocedure confirmed the in vivo stability of S-HVT-003, by demonstratingβ-galactosidase expression in 100% of the viruses.

                  TABLE 2    ______________________________________             Harvest Date             Day 4      Day 7    Sample     P1    P2         P1  P2    ______________________________________    N 1        --    --    N 2        -     -    N 3                         -   -    N 4                         -   -    T 1        -     -    T 2        2+    2+    T 3        2+    2+    T 4        +     4+    T 5        3+    3+    T 6                         2+  contaminated    T 7                         +   5+    T 8                         +   5+    T 8                         +   5+    T 9                         +   5+    T10                         +   5+    ______________________________________     N = control, T = vaccinated     CPE ranged from negative (-) to 5

At days 0, 4, 7, 14, 21, and 27 postinfection, blood samples wereobtained from the rest of the chickens for determining serum ELISAtiters against IBDV and HVT antigens as well as for virus neutralizingtests against IBDV. Additionally, at 21 days postinfection five controland fourteen vaccinated chicks were challenged with virulent IBDV bybi-lateral eyedrop (10³.8 EID₅₀). All birds were sacrificed 6-days postchallenge and bursa to body weight ratios were calculated. A summary ofthe results is shown in tables 3 and 4, respectively. As presented inTable 3, no antibodies were detected against HVT antigens by ELISA priorto 21-27 days post vaccination. In chickens, the immune response duringthe first two weeks post hatch is both immature and parentallysuppressed, and therefore these results are not totally unexpected. Incontrast, IBDV ELISA's were negative up to day 21 post-vaccination, andwere only detectable after challenge on day 27. The ELISA levels seen onday 27 post-vaccination indicate a primary response to IBDV. Table 4comparing the Bursa-to-Body weight ratios for challenged controls andvaccinated/challenged groups show no significant differences.Vaccination with S-HVT-003 under these conditions did not preventinfection of the vaccinated birds by IBDV challenge, as indicated by thedeath of four vaccinated birds following challenge.

                  TABLE 3    ______________________________________               ELISA        VN    Sample Group HVT        IBDV    IBDV    ______________________________________    C-0      (n = 3) 0          0     <100    C-4      (n = 2) 0          0     nd    T-4      (n = 5) 0          0     nd    C-7      (n = 2) 0          0     <100    T-7      (n = 5) 0          0     <100    C-14     (n = 5) 0          0     nd    T-14     (n = 14)                     0          0     <100    C-21     (n = 5) 0          0     nd    T-21     (n = 14)                     1          0     <100    C-27     (n = 5) 0          0     nd    CC-27    (n = 5) 0          5     nd    CT-27    (n - 10)                     3.2        2     nd    ______________________________________     C = control     T = vaccinated     CC = challenged control     CT = Challenged & vaccinated.

ELISA titers are GMTs and they range from 0-9.

                  TABLE 4    ______________________________________    Sample Group                Body wt.    Bursa wt.                                     BBR    ______________________________________    Control (n = 5)                258.8       1.5088   0.0058    Challenge   209         0.6502   0.0031    Control (n = 5)    Challenge   215.5       0.5944   0.0027    Treated (n = 10)    ______________________________________

Values are mean values. Body weights are different in control groupbecause challenged birds did not feed well. Four challenged-treatedbirds died.

A third experiment was conducted repeating Experiment 2 but usingimmunologically responsive chicks (3 weeks of age). Six three week oldSPF leghorn chickens were vaccinated intraperitoneally with 0.2 ml ofS-HVT-003 (one drop in each eye). Serum samples were obtained everyseven days for six-weeks and the birds were challenged with the virulentUSDA standard challenge IBDV virus on day 43 post-vaccination. Six dayspost challenge, the control, vaccinated-challenged, and challengedgroups were sacrificed and bursas were harvested for probing withanti-IBDV monoclonal antibodies (MAB) (provided by Dr. David Snyder,Virginia-Maryland Regional College of Veterinary Medicine). Bursalhomogenates were prepared by mixing 1 ml of 0.5% NP40 with one bursa.Bursa were then ground and briefly sonicated. Supernatants from thehomogenates were reacted with the R63 MAB which had been affixed to96-well Elisa plates via a protein A linkage. After incubation, a biotinlabeled preparation of the R63 MAB was added. After washing, anavidin-horse radish peroxidase conjugate was added and incubated. Testswere developed with Tris-malcate buffer (TMB)+H₂ ₂ substrate. The testresults are presented in Table 5. The data show the presence of highlevels of IBDV antigen in all bursa in the vaccinate-challenged groupand in the challenged group. No IBDV antigen was detected in thecontrols. IBDV specific antigen could be detected at dilutions of over1/1000, and there does not appear to be differences between vaccinatedand non-vaccinated challenged groups. HVT titers as determined by ELISAwere first detectable at day 7 in four out of the six birds vaccinated.By day 14, six out of six vaccinated birds showed titers to HVT. All sixbirds continued to show HVT titers throughout the experiment. No IBDV SNtiters were seen prior to the challenge. In contrast, analysis of thesesame serum samples by the WESTERN BLOTTING procedure demonstrated theseroconversion of chickens vaccinated with S-HVT-003 to IBDV prior toadministration of the virus challenge. The level of response, however,remains small unless boosted by challenge. Comparison between thevaccinated/challenged and challenged only groups clearly demonstratesthat the level of reactivity by Western blots is much higher in thevaccinated/challenged group. These results show that S-HVT-003 isseroconverting vaccinated birds to IBDV, and suggest that the level ofIBDV specific expression are not high enough to induce a neutralizingresponse in the birds.

S-HVT-003 shows the merit of the vaccine approach the applicants haveinvented. HVT has been engineered to simultaneously express the foreignantigens (β-galactosidase and IBDV antigens) that are recognized in thehost by an immune response directed to these proteins.

                  TABLE 5    ______________________________________    Serology: Herpes/IBDV ELISA titer    ______________________________________    Bleed Date    Bird#         11/3   11/10   11/14                             11/24 12/1 12/8  12/15                                                   12/22    Vaccinated and Challenged    221     0/0   7/0     5/0 6/0    5/0 5/0   5/0 3/3    41      0/0   4/0     4/0 1/0    1/0 1/0   1/0 1/3    42      0/0   3/0     2/0 1/0    5/0 5/0   5/0 3/2    43      0/0   0/0     5/0 5/0    5/0 5/0   3/0 3/2    44      0/0   1/0     5/0 1/0    2/0 1/0   1/0 2/4    45      0/0   0/0     1/0 1/0    1/0 1/0   1/0 1/3    Control    28      0/0                                    0/0    38      0/0                                    0/0    73      0/0                                    0/0    75      0/0                                    0/0    Challenged Only    40      0/0                                    0/3    74      0/0                                    0/5    39      0/0                                    0/3    72      0/0                                    0/3    Maximum titer level is 9    ______________________________________

Example 3

S-HVT-004

S-HVT-004 is a recombinant herpesvirus of turkeys that contains theMarek's disease virus (MDV) glycoprotein A (gA) gene inserted into thelong unique region, and the β-galactosidase (lacZ) gene also inserted inthe long unique region. The MDV antigen is more likely to elicit theproper antigentic response than the HVT equivalent antigen.

The MDV gA (SEQ ID NO: 8 and SEQ ID NO: 9) gene was cloned by standardDNA cloning gA procedures. An EcoRI restriction fragment had beenreported to contain the MDV gA gene (Isfort et al., 1984) and thisfragment was identified by size in the DNA clones. The region of the DNAreported to contain the gA gene was sequenced by applicants and found tocontain a glycoprotein gene as expected. The DNA from this gene was usedto find the corresponding gene in HVT by the SOUTHERN BLOTTING OF DNAprocedure, and a gene in HVT was identified that contained a verysimilar sequence. This gene is the same gene previously called gA(Isfort et al., 1984).

For insertion into the genome of HVT, the MDV gA gene was used intactbecause it would have good herpesvirus signal sequences already. ThelacZ gene was inserted into the XhoI fragment in BamHI fragment #16, andthe MDV gA gene was inserted behind lacZ as shown in FIG. 6A and 6B.Flanking regions in BamHI #16 were used for the homologousrecombination. HVT DNA and plasmid DNA were co-transfected according tothe DNA TRANSFECTION FOR GENERATING RECOMBINANT HERPESVIRUS procedureinto primary chick embryo fibroblast (CEF) cells. The virus from thetransfection stock was purified by successive plaque purifications usingthe BLUOGAL SCREEN FOR RECOMBINANT HERPESVIRUS procedure. At the end ofthis procedure, when 100% of the plaques were blue, the DNA was analyzedfor the presence of the MDV gA gene. S-HVT-004 is a recombinant virusthat contains both the β-galactosidase gene and the MDV gA geneincorporated into the genome.

FIG. 6C shows the structure of S-HVT-004.

Example 4

NEWCASTLE DISEASE VIRUS

Newcastle disease virus (NDV) is closely related to PI-3 in overallstructure. We have engineered the hemagglutinin (HN) and fusion (F)genes of PI-3 for expression in IBR (ref). Similarly we have cloned thehemagglutinin (HN) and fusion (F) genes from NDV for use in theherpesvirus delivery system (Herpesvirus of turkeys, HVT).

The procedures that we have utilized for construction of herpesviruscontrol sequences for expression have been applied to NDV.

INFECTIOUS BRONCHITIS VIRUS

Infectious bronchitis virus (IBV) is a virus of chickens closely relatedin overall structure to TGE. We have engineered the major neutralizingantigen of TGE for expression in PRV (ref). Similarly we have cloned themajor neutralizing antigens from three strains of IBV: Massachusetts(SEQ ID NOs: 14 and 15), Connecticut (SEQ ID NOs: 18 and 19), andArkansas-99 (SEQ ID NOs: 16 and 17) for use in a herpesvirus deliverysystem (HVT).

The procedures that we have utilized for the construction of herpesviruscontrol sequences for expression have been applied to IBV.

Example 5

S-HVT-045

S-HVT-045 is a recombinant herpesvirus of turkeys that contains theMarek's disease virus (MDV) glycoprotein B (gB) gene inserted into theshort unique region. The MDV antigen is more likely to elicit the properantigenic response than the HVT equivalent antigen. S-HVT-045 has beendeposited on Oct. 15, 1992 pursuant to the Budapest Treaty on theInternational Deposit of Microorganisms for the Purposes of PatentProcedure with the Patent Culture Depository of the American TypeCulture Collection, 12301 Parklawn Drive, Rockville, Md. 20852 U.S.A.under ATCC Accession No. VR 2383.

The MDV gB gene was cloned by standard DNA cloning procedures. The MDVgB gene was localized to a 3.9 kb EcoRI-SalI fragment using anoligonucleotide probe based on the HSV gB sequence in a region found tobe conserved among known herpesvirus gB genes. The restriction map 3.9kb EcoRI-SalI fragment is similar to the published map (Ross et al.,1989).

For insertion into the HVT genome, the MDV gB was used intact because itwould have good herpesvirus signal sequences already. The MDV gB genewas inserted into a cloned 17.15 kb BamHI-EcoRI fragment derived fromthe HVT BamHI #1 fragment. The site used for insertion was the StuI sitewithin HVT US2, previously utilized for the construction of S-HVT-012.The site was initially altered by insertion of a unique HindIII linker,and the MDV gB gene was inserted by standard DNA cloning procedures.Flanking regions in the 17.15 kb BamHI-EcoRI fragment were used,together with the remaining cloned HVT fragments using the PROCEDURE FORGENERATING RECOMBINANT HERPESVIRUSES FROM OVERLAPPING SUBGENOMICFRAGMENTS. The virus obtained from the transfection stock was plaquepurified and the DNA was analyzed for the presence of the MDV gB gene.S-HVT-045 is a recombinant virus that contains the MDV gB geneincorporated into the genome at the StuI site in HVT US2 gene.

TESTING OF RECOMBLNANT S-HVT-045

Two studies were conducted to demonstrate the effectiveness of theserecombinant HVT/MDV viruses in protecting against challenge withvirulent Marek's disease virus. In Study A, one-day-old specificpathogen free (SPF) chicks were vaccinated with either S-HVT-045 orS-HVT-046. Seven days post-vaccination, vaccinated chicks, andnon-vaccinated, control chicks were challenged with the highly virulentMD-5 strain of Marek's disease virus. Following a 6-week post-challengeobservation period for clinical signs typical of Marek's disease, allchicks were necropsied and examined for lesions diagnostic of Marek'sdisease. The results, in Table 6, show that both recombinant virusesgave complete protection against a challenge that caused Marek's diseasein 90% of non-vaccinated control chicks.

In a second study, one-day-old chicks were vaccinated either withS-HVT-045 or S-HVT-047. A third group of chicks were vaccinated with aUSDA-licensed, conventional vaccine comprised of HVT and SB-1 viruses.Five days post-vaccination, the vaccinated chicks and a group ofnon-vaccinated, control chicks were challenged with virulent Marek'svirus, strain RB1B. The chicks were observed for 8 weeks for clinicalsigns of Marek's disease, then necropsied and observed for Marek'slesions. This study demonstrated the ability of HVT-045 and HVT-047 toprovide 100% protection against challenge (Table 1). The commercialvaccine gave 96% protection, and 79% of the non-vaccinated chicksdeveloped Marek's disease.

                  TABLE 6    ______________________________________    EFFICACY OF RECOMBINANT HVT/MDV VIRUSES TO PROTECT    SUSCEPTIBLE CHICKS AGAINST VIRULENT MAREK'S DISEASE    VIRUS               Marek's Protection    Vaccine Group                 MD-5 Challenge                               RB1B Challenge    ______________________________________    S-HVT-045    20/20         24/24    S-HVT-046    20/20         Not Tested    S-HVT-047    Not Tested    24/24    HVT.sup.a    Not Tested    24/25    Controls     2/20          5/24    ______________________________________     .sup.a commercial

Example 6

S-HVT-012

S-HVT-012 is a recombinant herpesvirus of turkeys that contains the E.coli β-galactosidase (lacZ) gene inserted into the short unique region.The lacZ gene was used to determine the viability of this insertion sitein HVT ATCC F-126 ("Calnek")!. S-HVT-012 has been deposited on Oct. 15,1992 pursuant to the Budapest Treaty on the International Deposit ofMicroorganisms for the Purposes of Patent Procedure on with the PatentCulture Depository of the American Type Culture Collection, 12301Parklawn Drive, Rockville, Md. 20852 U.S.A. under ATCC Accession No. VR2382.

For insertion into the genome of HVT, the β-galactosidase gene wasintroduced into the unique StuI site of the cloned EcoRI fragment #7 ofHVT, i.e., the fragment containing the StuI site within the US2 gene ofHVT (as described in Methods and Materials). Flanking regions of EcoRIfragment #7 were used for homologous recombination. HVT DNA and plasmidDNA were co-transfected according to the DNA TRANSFECTION FOR GENERATINGRECOMBINANT VIRUS procedure into primary chick embryo fibroblast (CEF)cells. A blue virus obtained from the transfection stock was purified bysuccessive plaque purifications using the BLUOGAL SCREEN FOR RECOMBINANTHERPESVIRUS procedure. At the end of this procedure, when 100% of theplaques were blue, the DNA was analyzed for the presence of the lacZgene. S-HVT-012 is a recombinant virus that contains the lacZ geneincorporated into the genome at the StuI site within the US2 gene ofHVT.

S-HVT-012 may be formulated as a vaccine in the same manner asS-HVT-045. When administered to chickens, such a vaccine providesprotection against Marek's disease virus.

Example 7

Sites for Insertion of Foreign DNA into HVT

In order to define appropriate insertion sites, a library of HVT BamHIand EcoRI restriction fragments was generated. Several of theserestriction fragments (BamHI fragments #16 and #13, and EcoRI fragments#6, #7, and #9 (see FIG. 1)) were subjected to restriction mappinganalysis. One unique restriction site was identified in each fragment asa potential insertion site. These sites included XhoI in BamHI fragments#13 and #16, and EcoRI fragment #9 and SalI in EcoRI fragment #6 andStuI in EcoRI fragment #7. A β-galactosidase (lacZ) marker gene wasinserted in each of the potential sites. A plasmid containing such aforeign DNA insert may be used according to the DNA COTRANSFECTION FORGENERATING RECOMBINANT HERPESVIRUSES to CONSTRUCT a HVT containing theforeign DNA. For this procedure to be successful it is important thatthe insertion site be in a region non-essential to the replication ofthe HVT and that the site be flanked with HVT DNA appropriate formediating homologous recombination between virus and plasmid DNAS. Theplasmids containing the lacZ marker gene were utilized in the DNACOTRANSFECTION FOR GENERATING RECOMBINANT HERPESVIRUSES. The generationof recombinant virus was determined by the BLUOGAL SCREEN FORRECOMBINANT HERPESVIRUS. Three of the five sites were successfully usedto generate a recombinant virus. In each case the resulting virus waseasily purified to 100%, clearly defining an appropriate site for theinsertion of foreign DNA. The three homology vectors used to definethese sites are described below.

Example 7A

Homology Vector 172-29.31

The homology vector 172-29.31 contains the HVT BamHI #16 fragment and isuseful for the insertion of foreign DNA into HVT. Plasmid 172-29.31contains a unique XhoI restriction site into which foreign DNA may becloned. We have demonstrated that the XhoI site in homology vector172-29.31 may be used to insert foreign DNA into HVT by the constructionof at least three recombinant HVT (see examples 1-3).

The homology vector 172-29.31 was further characterized by DNA sequenceanalysis. The complete sequences of the BamHI #16 fragment wasdetermined. Approximately 2092 base pairs of the adjacent BamHI #13fragment was also determined (see SEQ ID NO: 3). This sequence indicatesthat the open reading frame coding for HVT glycoprotein A (gA) spans theBamHI #16-BamHI #13 junction. The HVT gA gene is homologous to the HSV-1glycoprotein C (gC). The XhoI site interrupts an ORF which lies directlyupstream of the HVT gA gene. This ORF shows amino acid sequence homologyto the PRV p43 and the VZV gene 15. The PRV and VZV genes are thehomologues of HSV-1 UL43. Therefore we have designated this ORF as HVTUL43 (SEQ ID NO: 5). It should be noted that the HVT UL43 does notexhibit direct homology to HSV-1 UL43. Although HVT UL43 is locatedupstream of the HVT gC homologue it is encoded on the same DNA strand asHVT gA, where as the HSV-1 UL43 is on the opposite strand relative toHSV-1 gC. The XhoI site interrupts UL43 at approximately amino acid 6,suggesting that the UL43 gene is non-essential for HVT replication.

Example 7B

Homology Vector 435-47.R17

The homology vector 435-47.R17 contains the HVT EcoRI #7 fragment and isuseful for the insertion of foreign DNA into HVT. Plasmid 435-47.R17contains a unique HindIII restriction site into which foreign DNA may becloned. The HindIII restriction site in plasmid results from theinsertion of a HindIII linker into the naturally occurring StuI site ofEcoRI fragment #7. We have demonstrated that the HindIII site inhomology vector 435-47.R17 may be used to insert foreign DNA into HVT bythe construction of at least 25 recombinant HVT.

DNA sequence analysis at the StuI indicated that this fragment containsopen reading frames coding for US10, US2, and US3. The StuI siteinterrupts US2 at approximately amino acid 124, suggesting that the US2gene is non-essential for HVT replication.

Example 7C

Homology Vector 172-63.1

The homology vector 172-63.1 contains the HVT EcoRI #9 fragment and isuseful for the insertion of foreign DNA into HVT. Plasmid 172-63.1contains a unique XhoI restriction site into which foreign DNA may becloned. We have demonstrated that the XhoI site in homology vector172-63.1 may be used to insert foreign DNA into HVT by the constructionof S-HVT-014 (see example 8).

Example 8

S-HVT-014

S-HVT-014 is a recombinant herpesvirus of turkeys that contains the E.coli β-galactosidase (lacZ) gene inserted into the long unique region.The lacZ gene was used to determine the viability of this insertion sitein HVT ATCC F-126 ("Calnek")!.

For insertion into the genome of HVT, the β-galactosidase gene wasintroduced into the unique XhoI site of the cloned EcoRI fragment #9 (asdescribed in Methods and Materials). The XhoI site within the EcoRI #9fragment of the HVT genome is the same site as the XhoI site within theBamHI #10 fragment used for constructing recombinant herpesviruses ofturkeys described in Examples 16 through 19. Flanking regions of EcoRIfragment #9 were used for homologous recombination. HVT DNA and plasmidDNA were co-transfected according to the DNA TRANSFECTION FOR GENERATINGRECOMBINANT VIRUS procedure into primary chick embryo fibroblast (CEF)cells. A blue virus obtained from the transfection stock was purified bysuccessive plaque purifications using the BLUOGAL SCREEN FOR RECOMBINANTHERPESVIRUS procedure. At the end of this procedure when 100% of theplaques were blue. S-HVT-014 is a recombinant virus that contains thelacZ gene incorporated into the genome at the XhoI site within the EcoRI#9 fragment of HVT.

S-HVT-014 may be formulated as a vaccine in the same manner asS-HVT-045. When administered to chickens, such a vaccine providesprotection against Marek's disease virus.

Example 9

S-HVT-005

S-HVT-005 is a recombinant herpesvirus of turkeys that contains the E.coli β-galactosidase (lacZ) gene inserted into the long unique region.The lacZ gene was used to determine the viability of this insertion sitein HVT ATCC F-126 ("Calnek")!.

For insertion into the genome of HVT, the β-galactosidase gene wasintroduced into an approximately 1300 base pair deletion of the XhoI #9fragment of HVT. The deletion which lies between the unique MluI andEcoRV sites removes the complete coding region of the HVT gA gene (seeSEQ ID NO: 3). Flanking regions of XhoI fragment #9 were used forhomologous recombination. HVT DNA and plasmid DNA were co-transfectedaccording to the DNA TRANSFECTION FOR GENERATING RECOMBINANT VIRUSprocedure into primary chick embryo fibroblast (CEF) cells. A blue virusobtained from the transfection stock was purified by successive plaquepurifications using the BLUOGAL SCREEN FOR RECOMBINANT HERPESVIRUSprocedure. At the end of this procedure, when 100% of the plaques wereblue, the DNA was analyzed for the presence of the lacZ gene. S-HVT-005is a recombinant virus that contains the lacZ gene incorporated into thegenome in place of the deleted gA gene of HVT.

S-HVT-005 may be formulated as a vaccine in the same manner asS-HVT-045. When administered to chickens, such a vaccine providesprotection against Marek's disease virus.

Example 10

Marek's Disease Vaccines

Recombinant HVT expressing glycoproteins from Marek's Disease Virus makesuperior vaccines for Marek's Disease. We have constructed severalrecombinant HVT expressing MDV glycoproteins: S-HVT-004 (Example 3),S-HVT-045 (Example 5), S-HVT-046 (Example 10A), S-HVT-047 (Example 10B),S-HVT-062 (Example 10C).

Example 10A

S-HVT-046

S-HVT-046 is a recombinant herpesvirus of turkeys that contains theMarek's disease virus (MDV) glycoprotein B (gB) and glycoprotein A (gA)genes inserted into the short unique region. The MDV genes are insertedin the same transcriptional orientation as the US2 gene. The MDVantigens are more likely to elicit the proper antigenic response thanthe HVT equivalent antigen.

S-HVT-046 was constructed according to the PROCEDURE FOR GENERATINGRECOMBINANT HERPESVIRUS FROM SUBGENOMIC DNA FRAGMENTS. The followingcombination of subgenomic clones and enzymes were used: 407-32.2C3 withNotI, 172-07.BA2 with BamHI, 407-32.5G6 with NotI, 407-32.1C1 with NotI,437-26.24 with BamHI and HindIII, 437-26.26 with BamHI and HindIII, and456-17.22 uncut. Insertion of the appropriate DNA was confirmed bysouthern blot analysis.

Example 10B

S-HVT-047

S-HVT-047 is a recombinant herpesvirus of turkeys that contains the MDVgB and gA genes inserted into the short unique region. The MDV genes areinserted in the opposite transcriptional orientation as the US2 gene.The MDV antigens are more likely to elicit the proper antigenic responsethan the HVT equivalent antigen.

S-HVT-047 was constructed according to the PROCEDURE FOR GENERATINGRECOMBINANT HERPESVIRUS FROM SUBGENOMIC DNA FRAGMENTS. The followingcombination of subgenomic clones and enzymes were used: 407-32.2C3 withNotI, 172-07.BA2 with BamHI, 407-32.5G6 with NotI, 407-32.1C1 with NotI,437-26.24 with BamHI and HindIII, 437-26.26 with BamHI and HindIII, and456-17.18 uncut. Insertion of the appropriate DNA was confirmed bysouthern blot analysis.

Example 10C

S-HVT-062

S-HVT-062 is a recombinant herpesvirus of turkeys that contains the MDVgB, glycoprotein D (gD) and gA genes inserted into the short uniqueregion. The MDV genes are inserted in the same transcriptionalorientation as the US2 gene. The MDV antigens are more likely to elicitthe proper antigenic response than the HVT equivalent antigen. S-HVT-062has been deposited on Feb. 23, 1993 pursuant to the Budapest Treaty onthe International Deposit of Microorganisms for the Purposes of PatentProcedure with the Patent Culture Depository of the American TypeCulture Collection, 12301 Parklawn Drive, Rockville, Md. 20852 U.S.A.under ATCC Accession No. VR 2401.

S-HVT-062 was constructed according to the PROCEDURE FOR GENERATINGRECOMBINANT HERPESVIRUS FROM SUBGENOMIC DNA FRAGMENTS. The followingcombination of subgenomic clones and enzymes were used: 407-32.2C3 withNotI, 172-07.BA2 with BamHI, 407-32.5G6 with NotI, 407-32.1C1 with NotI,437-26.24 with BamHI and HindIII, 556-60.6 with BamHI and HindIII, and456-17.22 uncut. Insertion of the appropriate DNA was confirmed bysouthern blot analysis.

TESTING OF RECOMBINANT HVT EXPRESSING MDV ANTIGENS

Two studies were conducted to demonstrate the effectiveness of theserecombinant HVT/MDV viruses in protecting against challenge withvirulent Marek's disease virus. In Study 1, one-day-old specificpathogen free (SPF) chicks were vaccinated with either S-HVT-045,S-HVT-046, or S-HVT-047. Five days post-vaccination, vaccinated chicks,and non-vaccinated, control chicks were challenged with MDV. Following a6-week post-challenge observation period for clinical signs typical ofMarek's disease, all chicks were necropsied and examined for lesionsdiagnostic of Marek's disease. The results, in Table 7, show theserecombinant viruses gave complete protection against a challenge thatcaused Marek's disease in 84% of non-vaccinated control chicks.

In the second study, one-day-old chicks were vaccinated with S-HVT-062.Two more groups of chicks were vaccinated with a USDA-licensed,conventional vaccines comprised of HVT and a combination HVT and SB-1viruses. Five days post-vaccination, the vaccinated chicks and a groupof non-vaccinated, control chicks were challenged with MDV. The chickswere observed for 8 weeks for clinical signs of Marek's disease, thennecropsied and observed for Marek's lesions. This study demonstrated theability of S-HVT-062 to provide 100| protection against challenge (Table7). The commercial vaccines gave 81% and 95% protection, respectivelyand 100% of the non-vaccinated chicks developed Marek's disease.

                  TABLE 7    ______________________________________    EFFICACY OF RECOMBINANT HVT/MDV VIRUSES AGAINST    VIRULENT MAREK'S VIRUS CHALLENGE    Study   Vaccine Group                         Dose.sup.a Protection.sup.b    ______________________________________    1       S-HVT-045    2.2 × 10.sup.3                                    24/24 (100%)    1       S-HVT-046    2.2 × 10.sup.3                                    20/20 (100%)    1       S-HVT-047    2.2 × 10.sup.3                                    24/24 (100%)    1       Controls                7/44 (16%)    1       HVT/SB-1                24/25 (96%)    2       S-HVT-062    7.5 × 10.sup.2                                    32/32 (100%)    2       S-HVT-062    1.5 × 10.sup.3                                    22/22 (100%)    2       Controls                0/20 (0%)    2       HVT.sup.c    7.5 × 10.sup.2                                    17/21 (81%)    2       HVT/SB-1.sup.c                         7.5 × 10.sup.2                                    21/22 (95%)    ______________________________________     .sup.a PFU/0.2 ml.     .sup.b No. protected/Total; Challenge 5 days postvaccination.     .sup.c Commercial vaccine.

Example 11

Bivalent Vaccines Against Newcastle Disease and Marek's Disease

Recombinant HVT expressing proteins from NDV make bivalent vaccinesprotecting against both Marek's Disease and Newcastle disease. We haveconstructed several recombinant HVT expressing NDV proteins S-HVT-007(Example 11A), S-HVT-048 (Example 11B), S-HVT-049 (Example 11C),S-HVT-050 (Example 11D),and S-HVT-106 (Example 11E).

Example 11A

S-HVT-007

S-HVT-007 is a recombinant herpesvirus of turkeys that contains a E.coli lacZ NDV HN hybrid protein gene under the control of the PRV gXpromoter and the NDV F gene under the control of the HSV-1 α4 promoterinserted into the long unique region. The NDV genes are inserted in thesame transcriptional orientation as the UL43 gene.

To construct S-HVT-007, HVT DNA and the plasmid 255-18.B16 wereco-transfected according to the DNA TRANSFECTION FOR GENERATINGRECOMBINANT VIRUS procedure into primary chick embryo fibroblast (CEF)cells. A blue virus obtained from the transfection stock was purified bysuccessive plaque purifications using the BLUOGAL SCREEN FOR RECOMBINANTHERPESVIRUS procedure. At the end of this procedure, when 100% of theplaques were blue.

Example 11B

S-HVT-048

S-HVT-048 is a recombinant herpesvirus of turkeys that contains the MDVgB and gA genes and the NDV F gene under the control of the HCMVimmediate early promoter inserted into the short unique region. The MDVand NDV genes are inserted in the same transcriptional orientation asthe US2 gene.

S-HVT-048 was constructed according to the PROCEDURE FOR GENERATINGRECOMBINANT HERPESVIRUS FROM SUBGENOMIC DNA FRAGMENTS. The followingcombination of subgenomic clones and enzymes were used: 407-32.2C3 withNotI, 172-07.BA2 with BamHI, 407-32.5G6 with NotI, 407-32.1C1 with NotI,437-26.24 with BamHI and HindIII, 437-26.26 with BamHI and HindIII, and535-70.3 uncut. Insertion of the appropriate DNA was confirmed bysouthern blot analysis.

Example 11C

S-HVT-049

S-HVT-049 is a recombinant herpesvirus of turkeys that contains the MDVgB and gA genes and the NDV HN gene under the control of the PRV gXpromoter inserted into the short unique region. The MDV and NDV genesare inserted in the same transcriptional orientation as the US2 gene.

S-HVT-049 was constructed according to the PROCEDURE FOR GENERATINGRECOMBINANT HERPESVIRUS FROM SUBGENOMIC DNA FRAGMENTS. The followingcombination of subgenomic clones and enzymes were used: 407-32.2C3 withNotI, 172-07.BA2 with BamHI, 407-32.5G6 with NotI, 407-32.1C1 with NotI,437-26.24 with BamHI and HindIII, 437-26.26 with BamHI and HindIII, and549-62.10 uncut. Insertion of the appropriate DNA was confirmed bysouthern blot analysis.

Example 11D

S-HVT-050

S-HVT-050 is a recombinant herpesvirus of turkeys that contains the MDVgB and gA genes and the NDV HN (SEQ ID NOs: 10 and 11) and F (SEQ IDNOs: 12 and 13) genes. The NDV genes are under the control of the PRV gXand HCMV immediately promoters respectively. All four genes are insertedinto the short unique region in the same transcriptional orientation asthe US2 gene.

S-HVT-050 was constructed according to the PROCEDURE FOR GENERATINGRECOMBINANT HERPESVIRUS FROM SUBGENOMIC DNA FRAGMENTS. The followingcombination of subgenomic clones and enzymes were used: 407-32.2C3 withNotI, 172-07.BA2 with BamHI, 407-32.5G6 with NotI, 407-32.1C1 with NotI,437-26.24 with BamHI and HindIII, 437-26.26 with BamHI and HindIII, and549-24.15 uncut. Insertion of the appropriate DNA was confirmed bysouthern blot analysis. S-HVT-050 has been deposited on Feb. 23, 1993pursuant to the Budapest Treaty on the International Deposit ofMicroorganisms for the Purposes of Patent Procedure with the PatentCulture Depository of the American Type Culture Collection, 12301Parklawn Drive, Rockville, Md. 20852 U.S.A. under ATCC Accession No. VR2400.

Example 11E

S-HVT-106

S-HVT-106 is a recombinant herpesvirus of turkeys that contains the MDVgA, gB, gD genes and the NDV HN and F genes. The NDV genes are under thecontrol of the PRV gX and HCMV immediately promoters respectively. Allfive genes are inserted into the short unique region in the sametranscriptional orientation as the US2 gene.

S-HVT-106 was constructed according to the PROCEDURE FOR GENERATINGRECOMBINANT HERPESVIRUS FROM SUBGENOMIC DNA FRAGMENTS. The followingcombination of subgenomic clones and enzymes were used: 407-32.2C3 withNotI, 172-07.BA2 with BamHI, 407-32.5G6 with NotI, 407-32.1C1 with NotI,437-26.24 with BamHI and HindIII, 437-26.26 with BamHI and HindIII, and633-13.27 uncut.

TESTING OF RECOMBINANT HVT EXPRESSING NDV ANTIGENS

Two studies were conducted to demonstrate the effectiveness of theserecombinant HVT/MDV/NDV viruses in protecting against challenge withvirulent Newcastle and Marek's disease viruses. In Study 1, one-day-oldspecific pathogen free (SPF) chicks were vaccinated with eitherS-HVT-048, S-HVT-049, S-HVT-050, or a USDA-licensed, conventionalvaccine comprised of NDV B1/B1 virus. Three weeks post-vaccination,vaccinated chicks, and non-vaccinated, control chicks were challengedwith NDV. Birds were then observed for clinical signs of disease. Theresults, in Table 8, show these recombinant viruses (S-HVT-048 andS-HVT-050) gave complete protection against a is challenge that causedNewcastle disease in 100% of non-vaccinated control chicks. Recombinantvirus S-HVT-049 gave partial protection against Newcastle disease.

In the second study, one-day-old chicks were vaccinated with S-HVT-050.Two more groups of chicks were vaccinated with a USDA-licensed,conventional vaccines comprised of HVT and a combination HVT and SB-1viruses. Five days post-vaccination, the vaccinated chicks and a groupof non-vaccinated, control chicks were challenged with MDV. The chickswere observed for 8 weeks for clinical signs of Marek's disease, thennecropsied and observed for Marek's lesions. This study demonstrated theability of S-HVT-050 to provide protection greater than the commercialMarek's disease vaccines.

                  TABLE 8    ______________________________________    EFFICACY OF RECOMBINANT HVT/MDV/NDV VIRUSES    AGAINST VIRULENT NEWCASTLE AND MAREK'S DISEASE    VIRUS CHALLENGE                Protection (%)          Vaccine    Study Group       Dose.sup.a                                NDV.sup.b                                         MDV.sup.c    ______________________________________    1     S-HVT-048   4.0 × 10.sup.4                                19/19 (100)    1     S-HVT-049   3.0 × 10.sup.4                                4/20 (20)    1     S-HVT-050   1.5 × 10.sup.4                                20/20 (100)    1     Controls              0/20 (0)    1     NDV B1/B1.sup.d       18/18 (100)    2     S-HVT-050   7.5 × 10.sup.2                                         13/14 (93)    2     S-HVT-050   1.5 × 10.sup.3                                         16/17 (94)    2     Controls                       5/23 (22)    2     HVT.sup.d                      20/26 (77)    2     HVT/SB-1.sup.d                 10/12 (83)    ______________________________________     .sup.a PFU/0.2 ml.     .sup.b No. protected/Total; Challenge 3 weeks postvaccination.     .sup.c No. protected/Total; Challenge 5 days postvaccination.     .sup.d Commercial vaccine.

Example 12

Bivalent Vaccines Against Infectious Laryngotracheitis and Marek'sDisease

Recombinant HVT expressing glycoproteins from ILT virus make bivalentvaccines protecting against both Marek's disease and infectiouslaryngotracheitis. We have constructed several recombinant HATTexpressing ILT virus glycoproteins S-HVT-051 (Example 12A), S-HVT-052(Example 12B), and S-HVT-104 (Example 11C).

Example 12A

S-HVT-051

S-HVT-051 is a recombinant herpesvirus of turkeys that contains the ILTvirus gB gene inserted into the short unique region. The ILT gene isinserted in the same transcriptional orientation as the US2 gene.

S-HVT-051 was constructed according to the PROCEDURE FOR GENERATINGRECOMBINANT HERPESVIRUS FROM SUBGENOMIC DNA FRAGMENTS. The followingcombination of subgenomic clones and enzymes were used: 407-32.2C3 withNotI, 172-07.BA2 with BamHI, 407-32.5G6 with NotI, 407-32.1C1 with NotI,437-26.24 with BamHI and HindIII, 437-26.26 with BamHI and HindIII, and528-11.34 uncut. Insertion of the appropriate DNA was confirmed bysouthern blot analysis.

Example 12B

S-HVT-052

S-HVT-052 is a recombinant herpesvirus of turkeys that contains the ILTvirus gD gene inserted into the short unique region. The ILT gene isinserted in the opposite transcriptional orientation as the US2 gene.

S-HVT-052 was constructed according to the PROCEDURE FOR GENERATINGRECOMBINANT HERPESVIRUS FROM SUBGENOMIC DNA FRAGMENTS. The followingcombination of subgenomic clones and enzymes were used: 407-32.2C3 withNotI, 172-07.BA2 with BamHI, 407-32.5G6 with NotI, 407-32.1C1 with NotI,437-26.24 with BamHI and HindIII, 437-26.26 with BamHI and HindIII, and528-03.37 uncut. Insertion of the appropriate DNA was confirmed bysouthern blot analysis.

Example 12C

S-HVT-104

S-HVT-104 is a recombinant herpesvirus of turkeys that contains sixforeign genes. The MDV gA, gB, and gD genes are inserted in the uniqueshort region in the same transcriptional orientation as the US2 gene. AnE. coli lacZ marker gene and the ILT gB and gD genes are inserted inBamHI #16 region in the same transcriptional orientation as the UL43gene.

To construct S-HVT-104, DNA from S-HVT-062 and the plasmid 634-29.16were co-transfected according to the DNA TRANSFECTION FOR GENERATINGRECOMBINANT VIRUS procedure into primary chick embryo fibroblast (CEF)cells.

TESTING OF RECOMBINANT HVT EXPRESSING ILT ANTIGENS

The following study was conducted to demonstrate the effectiveness ofthese recombinant HVT/ILT viruses in protecting against challenge withvirulent Infectious Laryngotracheitis virus. One-day-old specificpathogen free (SPF) chicks were vaccinated with either S-HVT-051,S-HVT-052, a combination of S-HVT-051 and S-HVT-052, or a USDA-licensed,conventional vaccine comprised of ILT virus. Two to three weekspost-vaccination, vaccinated chicks, and non-vaccinated, control chickswere challenged with ILT. Birds were then observed for clinical signs ofdisease. The results, in Table 9, show these recombinant viruses(S-HVT-051 and S-HVT-052) gave protection against challenge with ILTvirus comparable to a commercial ILT vaccine.

Animals vaccinated with the vaccines described here may be easilydifferentiated from animals infected with virulent ILT. This isaccomplished by testing the suspect birds for antibodies to any ILTantigens other than gB or gD. Examples of such antigens are ILTglycoproteins C, E, and G. Vaccinated, uninfected birds will be negativefor these antigens whereas infected birds will be positive.

                  TABLE 9    ______________________________________    EFFICACY OF RECOMBINANT HVT/ILT VIRUSES AGAINST    VIRULENT INFECTIOUS LARYNGOTRACHEITIS VIRUS    CHALLENGE    Vaccine Group  Dose.sup.a  Protection.sup.b    ______________________________________    S-HVT-051      2.1 × 10.sup.3                               28/30 (93%)    S-HVT-052      1.7 × 10.sup.3                               29/29 (100%)    S-HVT-051 +    2.1 × 10.sup.3                               24/24 (100%)    S-HVT-052      1.7 × 10.sup.3    Controls                   2/30 (7%)    ILT.sup.c                  29/30 (97%)    ______________________________________     .sup.a PFU/0.2 ml.     .sup.b No.protected/Total; Challenge 2-3 weeks postvaccination.     .sup.c Commercial vaccine.

Example 13

Bivalent Vaccines Against Infectious Bursal Disease and Marek's Disease

Recombinant HVT expressing proteins from IBDV make bivalent vaccinesprotecting against both Marek's Disease and infectious bursal disease.we have constructed several recombinant HVT expressing IBDV proteins.These viruses include S-HVT-003 (example 2) and S-HVT-096.

S-HVT-096 is a recombinant herpesvirus of turkeys that contains the IBDVVP2 gene, under the control of the HCMV immediate early promoter,inserted into the short unique region. The IBDV gene is inserted in thesame transcriptional orientation as the US2 gene.

S-HVT-096 was constructed according to the PROCEDURE FOR GENERATINGRECOMBINANT HERPESVIRUS FROM SUBGENOMIC DNA FRAGMENTS. The followingcombination of subgenomic clones and enzymes were used: 407-32.2C3 withNotI, 172-07.BA2 with BamHI, 407-32.5G6 with NotI, 407-32.1C1 with NotI,437-26.24 with BamHI and HindIII, 556-60.6 with BamHI, and 602-57.F1uncut. Insertion of the appropriate DNA was confirmed by southern blotanalysis.

S-HVT-096 was assayed for expression of VP2 by black plaque and westernblot analysis. Both assays indicated that the virus was expressing highlevels of protein which reacts specifically with an IBDV neutralizingmonoclonal antibody. This virus will be useful as a vaccine againstinfectious bursal disease.

Example 14

Bivalent Vaccines Against Infectious Bronchitis and Marek's Disease

S-HVT-066 is a recombinant herpesvirus of turkeys that contains the MDVgB, gD and gA genes and the IBV spike and matrix genes. The IBV spikeand matrix genes are under the control of the HCMV immediate early andPRV gX promoters respectively. All five genes are inserted into theshort unique region. The MDV and IBV genes are inserted in the sametranscriptional orientation as the US2 gene.

S-HVT-066 was constructed according to the PROCEDURE FOR GENERATINGRECOMBINANT HERPESVIRUS FROM SUBGENOMIC DNA FRAGMENTS. The followingcombination of subgenomic clones and enzymes were used: 407-32.2C3 withNotI, 172-07.BA2 with BamHI, 407-32.5G6 with NotI, 407-32.1C1 with NotI,437-26.24 with BamHI and HindIII, 556-60.6 with BamHI, and 567-72.1Duncut. Insertion of the appropriate DNA was confirmed by southern blotanalysis.

S-HVT-066 was assayed for expression of the IBV spike protein by blackplaque and western blot analysis. Both assays indicated that the viruswas expressing high levels of protein which reacts specifically with anIBV neutralizing monoclonal antibody. This virus will be useful as avaccine against infectious bronchitis.

Example 15

Vaccines utilizing HVT to express antigens from various pathogens.

We also anticipate that antigens from the following pathogens may alsobe utilized to develop poultry vaccines: Chick anemia agent, Avianencephalomyelitis virus, Avian reovirus, Avian paramyxoviruses, Avianinfluenza virus, Avian adenovirus, Fowl pox virus, Avian coronavirus,Avian rota virus, Salmonella spp E. coli, Pasteurella spp, Haemophilusspp, Chlamydia spp, Mycoplasma spp, Campylobacter spp, Bordetella spp,Poultry nematodes, cestodes, trematodes, Poultry mites/lice, Poultryprotozoa (Eimeria spp, Histomonas spp, Trichomonas spp).

Example 16

Trivalent vaccines against Infectious Laryngotracheitis, Marek's Diseaseand Newcastle's Disease and bivalent vaccines against InfectiousLaryngotracheitis and Marek's Disease are described. Superior protectionagainst Infectious Laryngotracheitis is achieved with a vaccinecombining S-HVT-123 (expressing ILTV gB and gD) with S-HVT-138, -139, or140 (expressing ILTV gD and gI).

Example 16A

S-HVT-123

S-HVT-123 is a recombinant herpesvirus of turkeys that contains the ILTvirus gB and gD genes inserted into a unique XhoI site converted to aNotI site in the BamHI #10 fragment of the HVT genome (FIGS. 13B and 15;SEQ ID NO. 48). S-HVT-123 further contains the MDV gA, gD, and gB genesinserted into a unique StuI site converted into a HindIII site in theHVT US2 gene. The ILTV genes and the MDV genes each use their ownrespective promoters. S-HVT-123 is useful as a vaccine in poultryagainst Infectious Laryngotracheitis and Marek's Disease. S-HVT-123 wasconstructed according to the PROCEDURE FOR GENERATING RECOMBINANTHERPESVIRUS FROM OVERLAPPING SUBGENOMIC FRAGMENTS. The followingcombination of subgenomic clones and enzymes were used: 407-32.2C3 wichNotI, 172-07.BA2 with BamHI, 407-32.5G6 with NotI, 672-07.C40 with NotI,672-01.A40 with NotI, 721-38.1J uncut, 729-37.1 with AscI.

Example 16B

S-HVT-138

S-HVT-138 is a recombinant herpesvirus of turkeys that contains the ILTvirus gD and gI genes inserted into a unique XhoI site converted to aPacI site in the BamHI #10 fragment of the HVT genome (FIGS. 13A and15). The ILTV gD and gI genes are in the opposite transcriptionalorientation to the open reading frame (ORF A) within the BamHI #10fragment of the HVT genome (FIG. 14; SEQ ID NO. 48, 50). The ILTV gD andgI genes are expressed as overlapping transcripts from their ownrespective endogenous ILTV promoters, and share their own endogenouspolyadenylation signal.

S-HVT-138 is useful as a vaccine in poultry against InfectiousLaryngotracheitis and Marek's Disease. S-HVT-138 was constructedaccording to the PROCEDURE FOR GENERATING RECOMBINANT HERPESVIRUS FROMOVERLAPPING SUBGENOMIC FRAGMENTS. The following combination ofsubgenomic clones and enzymes were used: 407-32.2C3 with NotI,172-07.BA2 with BamHI, 407-32.5G6 with NotI, 672-07.C40 with NotI,672-01.A40 with NotI, 711-92.1A uncut, 415-09.BA1 with BamHI.

Example 16C

S-HVT-139

S-HVT-139 is a recombinant herpesvirus of turkeys that contains the ILTvirus gD and gI genes inserted into a unique XhoI site converted to aPacI site in the BamHI #10 fragment of the HVT genome. The ILTV gD andgI genes are in the opposite transcriptional orientation to the openreading frame (ORF A) within the BamHI #10 fragment of the HVT genome(FIGS. 13A and 15; SEQ ID NO. 48, 50). S-HVT-139 further contains theMDV gA, gD, and gB genes inserted into a unique StuI site converted intoa HindIII site in the HVT US2 gene. The ILTV gD and gI genes areexpressed as overlapping transcripts from their own respectiveendogenous ILTV promoters, and the MDV genes are also expressed fromtheir own endogenous promoters. S-HVT-139 is useful as a vaccine inpoultry against Infectious Laryngotracheitis and Marek's Disease.

S-HVT-139 was constructed according to the PROCEDURE FOR GENERATINGRECOMBINANT HERPESVIRUS FROM OVERLAPPING SUBGENOMIC FRAGMENTS. Thefollowing combination of subgenomic clones and enzymes were used:407-32.2C3 with NotI, 172-07.BA2 with BamHI, 407-32.5G6 with NotI,672-07.C40 with NotI, 672-01.A40 with NotI, 711-92.1A uncut, 721-38.1Juncut.

Example 16D

S-HVT-140

S-HVT-140 is a recombinant herpesvirus of turkeys that contains the ILTvirus gD and gI genes inserted into a unique XhoI site converted to aPacI site in the BamHI #10 fragment of the HVT genome (FIGS. 13A and15). The ILTV gD and gI genes are in the opposite transcriptionalorientation to the open reading frame (ORF A) within the BamHI #10fragment of the HVT genome (FIG. 14; SEQ ID NO. 48, 50). S-HVT-140further contains the MDV gA, gD, and gB genes and the NDV F and HN genesinserted into a unique StuI site converted into a HindIII site in theHVT US2 gene. The ILTV gD and gI genes are expressed as overlappingtranscripts from their own respective endogenous ILTV promoters, and theMDV genes are also expressed from their own respective endogenous MDVpromoters. The NDV F gene is transcribed from the HCMV immediate earlypromoter, and the NDV HN gene is transcribed from the PRV gX promoter.S-HVT-140 is useful as a vaccine in poultry against InfectiousLaryngotracheitis, Marek's Disease, and Newcastle's Disease.

S-HVT-140 was constructed according to the PROCEDURE FOR GENERATINGRECOMBINANT HERPESVIRUS FROM OVERLAPPING SUBGENOMIC FRAGMENTS. Thefollowing combination of subgenomic clones and enzymes were used:407-32.2C3 with Not5I, 172-07.BA2 with BamHI, 407-32.5G6 with NotI,672-07.C40 with NotI, 672-01.A40 with NotI, 711-92.1A uncut, 722-60.E2uncut.

Example 17

Trivalent vaccines against Infectious Bursal Disease, Marek's Diseaseand Newcastle's Disease and bivalent vaccines against Infectious BursalDisease and Marek's Disease are described.

Example 17A

S-HVT-126

S-HVT-126 is a recombinant herpesvirus of turkeys that contains the IBDVVP2 gene inserted into a unique XhoI site converted to a PacI site inthe BamHI #10 fragment in the HVT genome (FIGS. 13A and 15). The IBDVgene is in the same transcriptional orientation as the open readingframe (ORF A) within the BamHI #10 fragment of the HVT genome (FIG. 14;SEQ ID NO. 48, 50). The IBDV VP2 gene is expressed from an IBRV VP8promoter. S-HVT-126 is useful as a vaccine in poultry against InfectiousBursal Disease and Marek's Disease.

S-HVT-126 was constructed according to the PROCEDURE FOR GENERATINGRECOMBINANT HERPESVIRUS FROM OVERLAPPING SUBGENOMIC FRAGMENTS. Thefollowing combination of subgenomic clones and enzymes were used:407-32.2C3 with NotI, 172-07.BA2 with BamHI, 407-32.5G6 with NotI,672-07.C40 with NotI, 672-01.A40 with NotI, 706-57.A3 uncut, 415-09.BA1with BamHI.

Example 17B

S-HVT-137

S-HVT-137 is a recombinant herpesvirus of turkeys that contains the IBDVVP2 gene inserted into a unique XhoI site converted to a PacI site inthe BamHI #10 fragment in the HVT genome (FIGS. 13A and 15). The IBDVgene is in the same transcriptional orientation as the open readingframe (ORF A) within the BamHI #10 fragment of the HVT genome (FIG. 14;SEQ ID NO. 48, 50). S-HVT-137 further contains the MDV gA, gD, and gBgenes inserted into a unique StuI site converted into a HindIII site inthe HVT US2 gene. The IBDV VP2 gene is expressed from an IBRV VP8promoter. The MDV genes are expressed from their own respectiveendogenous MDV promoters. S-HVT-137 is useful as a vaccine in poultryagainst Infectious Bursal Disease and Marek's Disease.

S-HVT-137 was constructed according to the PROCEDURE FOR GENERATINGRECOMBINANT HERPESVIRUS FROM OVERLAPPING SUBGENOMIC FRAGMENTS. Thefollowing combination of subgenomic clones and enzymes were used:407-32.2C3 with NotI, 172-07.BA2 with BamHI, 407-32.5G6 with NotI,672-07.C40 with NotI, 672-01.A40 with NotI, 706-57.A3 uncut, 721-38.1Juncut.

Example 17C

S-HVT-143

S-HVT-143 is a recombinant herpesvirus of turkeys that contains the IBDVVP2 gene inserted into a unique XhoI site converted to a PacI site inthe BamHI #10 fragment of the HVT genome (FIGS. 13A and 15). The IBDVgene is in the same transcriptional orientation as the open readingframe (ORF A) within the BamHI #10 fragment of the HVT genome (FIG. 14;SEQ ID NO. 48, 50). S-HVT-143 further contains the MDV gA, gD, and gBgenes and the NDV F and HN genes inserted into a unique StuI siteconverted into a HindIII site in the HVT US2 gene. The IBDV VP2 gene isexpressed from an IBRV VP8 promoter. The MDV genes are expressed fromtheir own respective endogenous MDV promoters. The NDV F gene istranscribed from the HCMV immediate early promoter, and the NDV HN geneis transcribed from the PRV gX promoter. S-HVT-143 is useful as avaccine in poultry against Infectious Bursal Disease, Marek's Disease,and Newcastle's Disease.

S-HVT-143 was constructed according to the PROCEDURE FOR GENERATINGRECOMBINANT HERPESVIRUS FROM OVERLAPPING SUBGENOMIC FRAGMENTS. Thefollowing combination of subgenomic clones and enzymes were used:407-32.2C3 with NotI, 172-07.BA2 with BamHI, 407-32.5G6 with NotI,672-07.C40 with NotI, 672-01.A40 with NotI, 706-57.A3 uncut, 722-60.E2uncut.

Example 18

S-HVT-128

S-HVT-128 is a recombinant herpesvirus of turkeys that contains the NDVHN and F genes inserted into a unique XhoI site converted to a PacI sitein the BamHI #10 fragment of the HVT genome (FIGS. 13A and 15).S-HVT-128 further contains the MDV gA, gD, and gB genes inserted into aunique StuI site converted into a HindIII site in the HVT US2 gene. TheNDV HN gene is expressed from the PRV gX promoter and the NDV F gene isexpressed from the HCMV immediate early promoter. The MDV genes areexpressed from their own respective endogenous MDV promoters. S-HVT-128is useful as a vaccine in poultry against Newcastle's Disease andMarek's Disease.

S-HVT-128 was constructed according to the PROCEDURE FOR GENERATINGRECOMBINANT HERPESVIRUS FROM OVERLAPPING SUBGENOMIC FRAGMENTS. Thefollowing combination of subgenomic clones and enzymes were used:407-32.2C3 with NotI, 172-07.BA2 with BamHI, 407-32.5G6 with NotI,672-07.C40 with NotI, 672-01.A40 with NotI, and 717-38.12 uncut. To amixture of these six cosmids was added a limiting dilution of arecombinant HVT virus containing the MDV gA, gD, and gB genes insertedinto the unique short region (see HVT-062) and the PRV gX promoter-lacZgene inserted into an XhoI site converted to a NotI site in the BamHI#10 fragment within the unique long region of HVT. A recombinant virusS-HVT-128 was selected which was lac Z negative.

Example 19

HVT/MDV Recombinant Virus Vaccine

A recombinant virus vaccine containing MDV and HVT genomic sequenceswhich protects against Marek's disease is produced by combining cosmidsof MDV genomic DNA containing genes coding for the relevant protectiveantigens of virulent MDV serotype 2 and cosmids of HVT genomic DNAaccording to the PROCEDURE FOR GENERATING. RECOMBINANT HERPESVIRUS FROMOVERLAPPING SUBGENOMIC FRAGMENTS. The resulting virus is a vaccine thathas the protective immune response to virulent MDV serotype 2 and theattenuated growth characteristics of the HVT. In one embodiment, achimeric virus vaccine containing the MDV genes of the unique short andthe HVT genes of the unique long is useful as a vaccine against Marek'sdisease in chickens. The MDV protective antigens within the unique short(gD, gE, and gI) elicit a protective immune response to MDV, while thevirulence elements present in the unique long of MDV (55, 56, 57) arereplaced by the attenuating unique long sequences of HVT. The result isan attenuated virus vaccine which protects against Marek's disease.Multivalent protection against Marek's disease, infectiouslaryngotracheitis, infectious bursal disease, Newcastle's disease, oranother poultry pathogen is achieved by inserting the ILTV gB, gD, andgI genes, the IBDV VP2 gene, the NDV HN and F genes, or an antigen genefrom a poultry pathogen into an XboI site converted to a PacI site orNotI site in the BamHI #10 fragment within the unique long region ofHVT/MDV recombinant virus (FIGS. 13 and 15).

A cosmid was constructed containing the entire MDV unique short region.MDV genomic DNA contains several SmaI sites in the unique long andinternal and terminal repeats of the virus, but no SmaI sites within theunique short of the virus. The entire unique short region of MDV wasisolated by a partial restriction digestion of MDV genomic DNA withSmaI. A DNA fragment approximately 29,000 to 33,000 base pairs wasisolated and cloned into a blunt ended site of the cosmid vector pWE15.To generate a recombinant HVT/MDV chimeric virus, the cosmid containingthe MDV unique short region is combined with cosmids containing the HVTunique long region according to the PROCEDURE FOR GENERATING RECOMBINANTHERPESVIRUS FROM OVERLAPPING SUBGENOMIC FRAGMENTS. The followingcombination of subgenomic clones and enzymes are used: 407-32.2C3 withNotI, 172-07.BA2 with BamHI, 407-32.5G6 with NotI, 407-32.1C1 with NotI,and 739-27.16 with NotI.

The resulting virus vaccine provides superior protection against Marek'sdisease or as a multivalent vaccine against Marek's disease andinfectious laryngotracheitis, infectious bursal disease, Newcastle'sdisease, or another poultry pathogen. This vaccine is superior becauseexpression of MDV genes in the HVT/MDV chimera vaccine is safer andprovides better protection against Marek's disease than vaccinespresently available containing HVT and MDV type 1 (SB-1) or HVT alone.Secondly, one can demonstrate expression of the MDV glycoprotein genesin the absence of the homologous HVT genes for both diagnostic andregulatory purposes. This is useful since antibodies to an MDVglycoprotein will cross react with the homologous HVW glycoprotein.Finally, a recombinant HVT/MDV virus which contains a single copy ofeach glycoprotein gene is more stable that a recombinant viruscontaining two copies of a homologous glycoprotein gene from HVT and MDVwhich may delete by homologous recombination.

In an alternative embodiment, cosmids containing MDV protective antigengenes from the unique long (MDV gB and gC) are combined with cosmidscontaining HVT gene sequences from the unique short and the unique long,effectively avoiding the MDV virulence genes at the unique long/internalrepeat junction and the unique long/terminal repeat junction (55, 56,and 57).

SB-1 strain is an MDV serotype 1 with attenuated pathogenicity.Vaccination with a combination of HVT and SB-1 live viruses protectsagainst virulent MDV challenge better than vaccination with either virusalone. In an alternative embodiment of the present invention, arecombinant virus vaccine comprises the protective antigen genes of thevirulent MDV serotype 2 combined with the attenuating genes of thenon-virulent MDV serotypes 1 and 3, such as SB-1 and HVT. The genomicDNA corresponding to the unique long region of the recombinant virus iscontributed by the SB-1 serotype. The genomic DNA corresponding to theunique short region is contributed by the HVT serotype. Three majorglycoprotein antigens (gB, gA and gD) from the MDV serotype 2 areinserted into the unique short region of the virus.

The recombinant virus is constructed utilizing HVT subgenomic clones672-01.A40, 672-07.C40 and 721-38.1J to reconstruct the unique shortregion. Subgenomic clone 721-38.1J contains an insertion of the MDV gB,gA, and gD genes. A large molar excess of these clones is cotransfectedwith a subfragment infectious dose of SB-1 genomic DNA. To determine theappropriate subfragment infectious dose, transfection of the SB-1 istitrated down to a dose which no longer yields virus plaques in cellculture. Such a dose contains subfragment genomic fragments spanning theunique long region of SB-1 which recombine with the HVT unique shortsubgenomic clones. Therefore, a virus resulting from recombinationbetween overlapping homologous regions of the SB-1 and HVT subgenomicfragments is highly favored. Alternatively, SB-1 genomic fragments fromthe unique long region are subcloned into cosmid vectors. A recombinantvirus containing the SB-1 unique long and the HVT unique short with theMDV, gB, gA, and gD genes is produced using the PROCEDURE FOR GENERATINGRECOMBINANT HERPESVIRUS FROM OVERLAPPING SUBGENOMIC FRAGMENTS. Thisprocedure is also used with an HVT subgenomic clone to insert antigengenes from other avian pathogens including but not limited to infectiouslaryngotracheitis virus, Newcastle's disease virus and infectious bursaldisease virus.

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#a Ile Thr Ser Leu Ser    225                 2 - #30                 2 - #35                 2 -    #40    - Val Gly Gly Glu Leu Val Phe Arg Thr Ser Va - #l His Gly Leu Val Leu    #               255    - Gly Ala Thr Ile Tyr Leu Ile Gly Phe Asp Gl - #y Thr Thr Val Ile Thr    #           270    - Arg Ala Val Ala Ala Asn Thr Gly Leu Thr Th - #r Gly Thr Asp Asn Leu    #       285    - Met Pro Phe Asn Leu Val Ile Pro Thr Asn Gl - #u Ile Thr Gln Pro Ile    #   300    - Thr Ser Ile Lys Leu Glu Ile Val Thr Ser Ly - #s Ser Gly Gly Gln Ala    305                 3 - #10                 3 - #15                 3 -    #20    - Gly Asp Gln Met Leu Trp Ser Ala Arg Gly Se - #r Leu Ala Val Thr Ile    #               335    - His Gly Gly Asn Tyr Pro Gly Ala Leu Arg Pr - #o Val Thr Leu Val Ala    #           350    - Tyr Glu Arg Val Ala Thr Gly Ser Val Val Th - #r Val Ala Gly Val Ser    #       365    - Asn Phe Glu Leu Ile Pro Asn Pro Glu Leu Al - #a Lys Asn Leu Val Thr    #   380    - Glu Tyr Gly Arg Phe Asp Pro Gly Ala Met As - #n Tyr Thr Lys Leu Ile    385                 3 - #90                 3 - #95                 4 -    #00    - Leu Ser Glu Arg Asp Arg Leu Gly Ile Lys Th - #r Val Trp Pro Thr Arg    #               415    - Glu Tyr Thr Asp Phe Arg Glu Tyr Phe Met Gl - #u Val Ala Asp Leu Asn    #           430    - Ser Pro Leu Lys Ile Ala Gly Ala Phe Gly Ph - #e Lys Asp Ile Ile Arg    #       445    - Ala Ile Arg Arg Ile Ala Val Pro Val Val Se - #r Thr Leu Phe Pro Pro    #   460    - Ala Ala Pro Leu Ala His Ala Ile Gly Glu Gl - #y Val Asp Tyr Leu Leu    465                 4 - #70                 4 - #75                 4 -    #80    - Gly Asp Glu Ala Gln Ala Ala Ser Gly Thr Al - #a Arg Ala Ala Ser Gly    #               495    - Lys Ala Arg Ala Ala Ser Gly Arg Ile Arg Gl - #n Leu Thr Leu Ala Ala    #           510    - Asp Lys Gly Tyr Glu Val Val Ala Asn Leu Ph - #e Gln Val Pro Gln Asn    #       525    - Pro Val Val Asp Gly Ile Leu Ala Ser Pro Gl - #y Val Leu Arg Gly Ala    #   540    - His Asn Leu Asp Cys Val Leu Arg Glu Gly Al - #a Thr Leu Phe Pro Val    545                 5 - #50                 5 - #55                 5 -    #60    - Val Ile Thr Thr Val Glu Asp Ala Met Thr Pr - #o Lys Ala Leu Asn Ser    #               575    - Lys Met Phe Ala Val Ile Glu Gly Val Arg Gl - #u Asp Leu Gln Pro Pro    #           590    - Ser Gln Arg Gly Ser Phe Ile Arg Thr Leu Se - #r Gly His Arg Val Tyr    #       605    - Gly Tyr Ala Pro Asp Gly Val Leu Pro Leu Gl - #u Thr Gly Arg Asp Tyr    #   620    - Thr Val Val Pro Ile Asp Asp Val Trp Asp As - #p Ser Ile Met Leu Ser    625                 6 - #30                 6 - #35                 6 -    #40    - Lys Asp Pro Ile Pro Pro Ile Val Gly Asn Se - #r Gly Asn Leu Ala Ile    #               655    - Ala Tyr Met Asp Val Phe Arg Pro Lys Val Pr - #o Ile His Val Ala Met    #           670    - Thr Gly Ala Leu Asn Ala Cys Gly Glu Ile Gl - #u Lys Val Ser Phe Arg    #       685    - Ser Thr Lys Leu Ala Thr Ala His Arg Leu Gl - #y Leu Lys Leu Ala Gly    #   700    - Pro Gly Ala Phe Asp Val Asn Thr Gly Pro As - #n Trp Ala Thr Phe Ile    705                 7 - #10                 7 - #15                 7 -    #20    - Lys Arg Phe Pro His Asn Pro Arg Asp Trp As - #p Arg Leu Pro Tyr Leu    #               735    - Asn Leu Pro Tyr Leu Pro Pro Asn Ala Gly Ar - #g Gln Tyr His Leu Ala    #           750    - Met Ala Ala Ser Glu Phe Lys Arg Pro Arg Th - #r Arg Glu Cys Arg Gln    #       765    - Ser Asn Gly Ser Ser Ser Gln Arg Gly Pro Th - #r Ile Pro Ile Cys Thr    #   780    - Gln Cys Val His Val Ala Gly Arg Glu Trp As - #p Cys Asp    785                 7 - #90                 7 - #95    - (2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO:3:    -      (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:    #pairs    (A) LENGTH: 5426 base              (B) TYPE: nucleic acid              (C) STRANDEDNESS: double              (D) TOPOLOGY: linear    -     (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: DNA (genomic)    -    (iii) HYPOTHETICAL: NO    -     (iv) ANTI-SENSE: NO    -     (ix) FEATURE:              (A) NAME/KEY: CDS              (B) LOCATION: 73..1182    #/product= "HVT UL42"NFORMATION:    -     (ix) FEATURE:              (A) NAME/KEY: CDS              (B) LOCATION: 1306..2574    #/product= "HVT UL43"NFORMATION:    -     (ix) FEATURE:              (A) NAME/KEY: CDS              (B) LOCATION: 2790..4259    #/product= "HVT gA" INFORMATION:    -     (ix) FEATURE:              (A) NAME/KEY: CDS              (B) LOCATION: 4701..5339    #/product= "HVT UL45"NFORMATION:    -     (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO:3:    - GGATCCGAGC TTCTACTATA CAACGCGGAC GATAATTTTG TCCACCCCAT CG - #GTGTTCGA      60    - GAAAGGGTTT TT ATG ATG GCA GGA ATA ACT GTC GCA - # TGT GAC CAC ACT     108                  Met Met Al - #a Gly Ile Thr Val Ala Cys Asp His Thr    #              10    - GCA GGA GAG GCT CAT ACA CCC GAG GAT ATG CA - #A AAG AAA TGG AGG ATT     156    Ala Gly Glu Ala His Thr Pro Glu Asp Met Gl - #n Lys Lys Trp Arg Ile    #         25    - ATA TTG GCA GGG GAA AAA TTC ATG ACT ATA TC - #G GCA TCG TTG AAA TCG     204    Ile Leu Ala Gly Glu Lys Phe Met Thr Ile Se - #r Ala Ser Leu Lys Ser    #     40    - ATC GTC AGT TGT GTG AAA AAC CCC CTT CTC AC - #G TTT GGC GCA GAT GGG     252    Ile Val Ser Cys Val Lys Asn Pro Leu Leu Th - #r Phe Gly Ala Asp Gly    # 60    - CTC ATT GTA CAA GGT ACT GTC TGC GGA CAG CG - #C ATT TTT GTT CCA ATC     300    Leu Ile Val Gln Gly Thr Val Cys Gly Gln Ar - #g Ile Phe Val Pro Ile    #                 75    - GAC CGT GAT TCC TTC AGC GAA TAT GAA TGG CA - #T GGG CCA ACT GCG ATG     348    Asp Arg Asp Ser Phe Ser Glu Tyr Glu Trp Hi - #s Gly Pro Thr Ala Met    #             90    - TTT CTA GCA TTA ACT GAT TCC AGA CGC ACT CT - #T TTA GAT GCA TTC AAA     396    Phe Leu Ala Leu Thr Asp Ser Arg Arg Thr Le - #u Leu Asp Ala Phe Lys    #        105    - TGT GAA AAG AGA AGG GCA ATT GAC GTC TCC TT - #T ACC TTC GCG GGA GAG     444    Cys Glu Lys Arg Arg Ala Ile Asp Val Ser Ph - #e Thr Phe Ala Gly Glu    #   120    - CCT CCA TGT AGG CAT TTA ATC CAA GCC GTC AC - #A TAC ATG ACC GAC GGT     492    Pro Pro Cys Arg His Leu Ile Gln Ala Val Th - #r Tyr Met Thr Asp Gly    125                 1 - #30                 1 - #35                 1 -    #40    - GGT TCA GTA TCG AAT ACA ATC ATT AAA TAT GA - #G CTC TGG AAT GCG TCT     540    Gly Ser Val Ser Asn Thr Ile Ile Lys Tyr Gl - #u Leu Trp Asn Ala Ser    #               155    - ACA ATT TTC CCC CAA AAA ACT CCC GAT GTT AC - #C TTT TCT CTA AAC AAA     588    Thr Ile Phe Pro Gln Lys Thr Pro Asp Val Th - #r Phe Ser Leu Asn Lys    #           170    - CAA CAA TTG AAC AAA ATA TTG GCC GTC GCT TC - #A AAA CTG CAA CAC GAA     636    Gln Gln Leu Asn Lys Ile Leu Ala Val Ala Se - #r Lys Leu Gln His Glu    #       185    - GAA CTT GTA TTC TCT TTA AAA CCT GAA GGA GG - #G TTC TAC GTA GGA ACG     684    Glu Leu Val Phe Ser Leu Lys Pro Glu Gly Gl - #y Phe Tyr Val Gly Thr    #   200    - GTT TGT ACT GTT ATA AGT TTC GAA GTA GAT GG - #G ACT GCC ATG ACT CAG     732    Val Cys Thr Val Ile Ser Phe Glu Val Asp Gl - #y Thr Ala Met Thr Gln    205                 2 - #10                 2 - #15                 2 -    #20    - TAT CCT TAC AAC CCT CCA ACC TCG GCT ACC CT - #A GCT CTC GTA GTA GCA     780    Tyr Pro Tyr Asn Pro Pro Thr Ser Ala Thr Le - #u Ala Leu Val Val Ala    #               235    - TGC AGA AAG AAG AAG GCG AAT AAA AAC ACT AT - #T TTA ACG GCC TAT GGA     828    #Ile Leu Thr Ala Tyr Gly Asn Lys Asn Thr    #           250    - AGT GGT AAA CCC TTT TGT GTT GCA TTG GAA GA - #T ACT AGT GCA TTT AGA     876    Ser Gly Lys Pro Phe Cys Val Ala Leu Glu As - #p Thr Ser Ala Phe Arg    #       265    - AAT ATC GTC AAT AAA ATC AAG GCG GGT ACG TC - #G GGA GTT GAT CTG GGG     924    Asn Ile Val Asn Lys Ile Lys Ala Gly Thr Se - #r Gly Val Asp Leu Gly    #   280    - TTT TAT ACA ACT TGC GAT CCG CCG ATG CTA TG - #T ATT CGC CCA CAC GCA     972    Phe Tyr Thr Thr Cys Asp Pro Pro Met Leu Cy - #s Ile Arg Pro His Ala    285                 2 - #90                 2 - #95                 3 -    #00    - TTT GGA AGT CCT ACC GCA TTC CTG TTT TGT AA - #C ACA GAC TGT ATG ACA    1020    Phe Gly Ser Pro Thr Ala Phe Leu Phe Cys As - #n Thr Asp Cys Met Thr    #               315    - ATA TAT GAA CTG GAA GAA GTA AGC GCC GTT GA - #T GGT GCA ATC CGA GCA    1068    Ile Tyr Glu Leu Glu Glu Val Ser Ala Val As - #p Gly Ala Ile Arg Ala    #           330    - AAA CGC ATC AAC GAA TAT TTC CCA ACA GTA TC - #G CAG GCT ACT TCC AAG    1116    Lys Arg Ile Asn Glu Tyr Phe Pro Thr Val Se - #r Gln Ala Thr Ser Lys    #       345    - AAG AGA AAA CAG TCG CCG CCC CCT ATC GAA AG - #A GAA AGG AAA ACC ACC    1164    Lys Arg Lys Gln Ser Pro Pro Pro Ile Glu Ar - #g Glu Arg Lys Thr Thr    #   360    - AGA GCG GAT ACC CAA TAAAATGCCA GACAAACCCG GCATCCTGG - #T TAGAGGGCAG    1219    Arg Ala Asp Thr Gln    365                 3 - #70    - GTGGGCTGGG CCAACCTTCA CGGGCGTCCG ACAGATCGGT GACACTCATA CG - #TTAACTAA    1279    #AGC TCG AGT CCT    1332GAAAAT ATG CCT TCC GGA GCC    #Ala Ser Ser Ser ProSer Gly    #          5  1    - CCA CCA GCT TAT ACA TCT GCA GCT CCG CTT GA - #G ACT TAT AAC AGC TGG    1380    Pro Pro Ala Tyr Thr Ser Ala Ala Pro Leu Gl - #u Thr Tyr Asn Ser Trp    # 25    - CTA AGT GCC TTT TCA TGC GCA TAT CCC CAA TG - #C ACT GCG GGA AGA GGA    1428    Leu Ser Ala Phe Ser Cys Ala Tyr Pro Gln Cy - #s Thr Ala Gly Arg Gly    #                 40    - CAT CGA CAA AAT GGC AAG AAG TGT ATA CGG TG - #T ATA GTG ATC AGT GTA    1476    His Arg Gln Asn Gly Lys Lys Cys Ile Arg Cy - #s Ile Val Ile Ser Val    #             55    - TGT TCC TTA GTG TGC ATC GCT GCA CAT TTA GC - #T GTT ACC GTG TCG GGA    1524    Cys Ser Leu Val Cys Ile Ala Ala His Leu Al - #a Val Thr Val Ser Gly    #         70    - GTG GCA TTA ATT CCG CTT ATC GAT CAA AAC AG - #A GCT TAC GGA AAC TGT    1572    Val Ala Leu Ile Pro Leu Ile Asp Gln Asn Ar - #g Ala Tyr Gly Asn Cys    #     85    - ACG GTA TGT GTA ATT GCC GGA TTC ATC GCT AC - #G TTT GCT GCA CGA CTT    1620    Thr Val Cys Val Ile Ala Gly Phe Ile Ala Th - #r Phe Ala Ala Arg Leu    #105    - ACG ATA AGA CTT TCG GAA ACG CTT ATG CTA GT - #G GGC AAG CCG GCG CAG    1668    Thr Ile Arg Leu Ser Glu Thr Leu Met Leu Va - #l Gly Lys Pro Ala Gln    #               120    - TTT ATA TTT GCT ATA ATC GCT TCC GTT GCG GA - #A ACA CTG ATC AAT AAC    1716    Phe Ile Phe Ala Ile Ile Ala Ser Val Ala Gl - #u Thr Leu Ile Asn Asn    #           135    - GAG GCG CTT GCC ATC AGT AAT ACT ACT TAC AA - #A ACT GCA TTG CGA ATA    1764    Glu Ala Leu Ala Ile Ser Asn Thr Thr Tyr Ly - #s Thr Ala Leu Arg Ile    #       150    - ATC GAA GTA ACA TCT TTG GCG TGT TTT GTT AT - #G CTC GGG GCA ATA ATT    1812    Ile Glu Val Thr Ser Leu Ala Cys Phe Val Me - #t Leu Gly Ala Ile Ile    #   165    - ACA TCC CAC AAC TAT GTC TGC ATT TCA ACG GC - #A GGG GAC TTG ACT TGG    1860    Thr Ser His Asn Tyr Val Cys Ile Ser Thr Al - #a Gly Asp Leu Thr Trp    170                 1 - #75                 1 - #80                 1 -    #85    - AAG GGC GGG ATT TTT CAT GCT TAC CAC GGA AC - #A TTA CTC GGT ATA ACA    1908    Lys Gly Gly Ile Phe His Ala Tyr His Gly Th - #r Leu Leu Gly Ile Thr    #               200    - ATA CCA AAC ATA CAC CCA ATC CCT CTC GCG GG - #G TTT CTT GCA GTC TAT    1956    #Gly Phe Leu Ala Val Tyr Ile Pro Leu Ala    #           215    - ACA ATA TTG GCT ATA AAT ATC GCT AGA GAT GC - #A AGC GCT ACA TTA TTA    2004    Thr Ile Leu Ala Ile Asn Ile Ala Arg Asp Al - #a Ser Ala Thr Leu Leu    #       230    - TCC ACT TGC TAT TAT CGC AAT TGC CGC GAG AG - #G ACT ATA CTT CGC CCT    2052    Ser Thr Cys Tyr Tyr Arg Asn Cys Arg Glu Ar - #g Thr Ile Leu Arg Pro    #   245    - TCT CGT CTC GGA CAT GGT TAC ACA ATC CCT TC - #T CCC GGT GCC GAT ATG    2100    Ser Arg Leu Gly His Gly Tyr Thr Ile Pro Se - #r Pro Gly Ala Asp Met    250                 2 - #55                 2 - #60                 2 -    #65    - CTT TAT GAA GAA GAC GTA TAT AGT TTT GAC GC - #A GCT AAA GGC CAT TAT    2148    Leu Tyr Glu Glu Asp Val Tyr Ser Phe Asp Al - #a Ala Lys Gly His Tyr    #               280    - TCG TCA ATA TTT CTA TGT TAT GCC ATG GGG CT - #T ACA ACA CCG CTG ATT    2196    Ser Ser Ile Phe Leu Cys Tyr Ala Met Gly Le - #u Thr Thr Pro Leu Ile    #           295    - ATT GCG CTC CAT AAA TAT ATG GCG GGC ATT AA - #A AAT TCG TCA GAT TGG    2244    Ile Ala Leu His Lys Tyr Met Ala Gly Ile Ly - #s Asn Ser Ser Asp Trp    #       310    - ACT GCT ACA TTA CAA GGC ATG TAC GGG CTT GT - #C TTG GGA TCG CTA TCG    2292    Thr Ala Thr Leu Gln Gly Met Tyr Gly Leu Va - #l Leu Gly Ser Leu Ser    #   325    - TCA CTA TGT ATT CCA TCC AGC AAC AAC GAT GC - #C CTA ATT CGT CCC ATT    2340    Ser Leu Cys Ile Pro Ser Ser Asn Asn Asp Al - #a Leu Ile Arg Pro Ile    330                 3 - #35                 3 - #40                 3 -    #45    - CAA ATT TTG ATA TTG ATA ATC GGT GCA CTG GC - #C ATT GCA TTG GCT GGA    2388    Gln Ile Leu Ile Leu Ile Ile Gly Ala Leu Al - #a Ile Ala Leu Ala Gly    #               360    - TGT GGT CAA ATT ATA GGG CCT ACA TTA TTT GC - #C GCG AGT TCG GCT GCG    2436    Cys Gly Gln Ile Ile Gly Pro Thr Leu Phe Al - #a Ala Ser Ser Ala Ala    #           375    - ATG TCA TGT TTT ACA TGT ATC AAT ATT CGC GC - #T ACT AAT AAG GGT GTC    2484    Met Ser Cys Phe Thr Cys Ile Asn Ile Arg Al - #a Thr Asn Lys Gly Val    #       390    - AAC AAA TTG GCA GCA GCC AGT GTC GTG AAA TC - #T GTA CTG GGC TTC ATT    2532    Asn Lys Leu Ala Ala Ala Ser Val Val Lys Se - #r Val Leu Gly Phe Ile    #   405    - ATT TCC GGG ATG CTT ACT TGC GTG CTA TTA CC - #A CTA TCG TGATAGATCG    2581    Ile Ser Gly Met Leu Thr Cys Val Leu Leu Pr - #o Leu Ser    410                 4 - #15                 4 - #20    - TCGGTCTGCG CATCGCCCAT GCTGGCGGAA CGCTCTTTCG AACCGTGAAT AA - #AACTTTGT    2641    - ATCTACTAAA CAATAACTTT GTGTTTTATT GAGCGGTCGA AAACAATGAG GA - #GCTGCAAT    2701    - TTAAAGCTAA CCGCATACGC CGGGCGGGTA AAGACCATTT TATACCATAT TA - #CGCATCTA    2761    #CGC GTT CTA      2813C GCAAGTAT ATG GTT TCC AAC ATG    #Asn Met Arg Val Leul Ser    #            5  1    - CGC GTA CTG CGC CTG ACG GGA TGG GTG GGC AT - #A TTT CTA GTT CTG TCT    2861    Arg Val Leu Arg Leu Thr Gly Trp Val Gly Il - #e Phe Leu Val Leu Ser    #     20    - TTA CAG CAA ACC TCT TGT GCC GGA TTG CCC CA - #T AAC GTC GAT ACC CAT    2909    Leu Gln Gln Thr Ser Cys Ala Gly Leu Pro Hi - #s Asn Val Asp Thr His    # 40    - CAT ATC CTA ACT TTC AAC CCT TCT CCC ATT TC - #G GCC GAT GGC GTT CCT    2957    His Ile Leu Thr Phe Asn Pro Ser Pro Ile Se - #r Ala Asp Gly Val Pro    #                 55    - TTG TCA GAG GTG CCC AAT TCG CCT ACG ACC GA - #A TTA TCT ACA ACT GTC    3005    Leu Ser Glu Val Pro Asn Ser Pro Thr Thr Gl - #u Leu Ser Thr Thr Val    #             70    - GCC ACC AAG ACA GCT GTA CCG ACG ACT GAA AG - #C ACT AGT TCC TCC GAA    3053    Ala Thr Lys Thr Ala Val Pro Thr Thr Glu Se - #r Thr Ser Ser Ser Glu    #         85    - GCG CAC CGC AAC TCT TCT CAC AAA ATA CCT GA - #T ATA ATC TGC GAC CGA    3101    Ala His Arg Asn Ser Ser His Lys Ile Pro As - #p Ile Ile Cys Asp Arg    #    100    - GAA GAA GTA TTC GTA TTC CTT AAC AAT ACA GG - #A AGA ATT TTG TGT GAC    3149    Glu Glu Val Phe Val Phe Leu Asn Asn Thr Gl - #y Arg Ile Leu Cys Asp    #120    - CTT ATA GTC GAC CCC CCT TCA GAC GAT GAA TG - #G TCC AAC TTC GCT CTT    3197    Leu Ile Val Asp Pro Pro Ser Asp Asp Glu Tr - #p Ser Asn Phe Ala Leu    #               135    - GAC GTC ACG TTC AAT CCA ATC GAA TAC CAC GC - #C AAC GAA AAG AAT GTA    3245    Asp Val Thr Phe Asn Pro Ile Glu Tyr His Al - #a Asn Glu Lys Asn Val    #           150    - GAG GTT GCC CGA GTG GCC GGT CTA TAC GGA GT - #A CCG GGG TCG GAT TAT    3293    Glu Val Ala Arg Val Ala Gly Leu Tyr Gly Va - #l Pro Gly Ser Asp Tyr    #       165    - GCA TAC CCT AGG AAA TCG GAA TTA ATA TCC TC - #C ATT CGA CGG GAT CCC    3341    Ala Tyr Pro Arg Lys Ser Glu Leu Ile Ser Se - #r Ile Arg Arg Asp Pro    #   180    - CAG GGT TCT TTC TGG ACT AGT CCT ACA CCC CG - #T GGA AAT AAA TAT TTC    3389    Gln Gly Ser Phe Trp Thr Ser Pro Thr Pro Ar - #g Gly Asn Lys Tyr Phe    185                 1 - #90                 1 - #95                 2 -    #00    - ATA TGG ATT AAT AAA ACA ATG CAC ACC ATG GG - #C GTG GAA GTT AGA AAT    3437    Ile Trp Ile Asn Lys Thr Met His Thr Met Gl - #y Val Glu Val Arg Asn    #               215    - GTC GAC TAC AAA GAC AAC GGC TAC TTT CAA GT - #G ATA CTG CGT GAT AGA    3485    Val Asp Tyr Lys Asp Asn Gly Tyr Phe Gln Va - #l Ile Leu Arg Asp Arg    #           230    - TTT AAT CGC CCA TTG GTA GAA AAA CAT ATT TA - #C ATG CGT GTG TGC CAA    3533    Phe Asn Arg Pro Leu Val Glu Lys His Ile Ty - #r Met Arg Val Cys Gln    #       245    - CGA CCC GCA TCC GTG GAT GTA TTG GCC CCT CC - #A GTT CTC AGC GGA GAA    3581    Arg Pro Ala Ser Val Asp Val Leu Ala Pro Pr - #o Val Leu Ser Gly Glu    #   260    - AAC TAC AAA GCA TCT TGC ATC GTT AGA CAT TT - #T TAT CCC CCG GGA TCT    3629    Asn Tyr Lys Ala Ser Cys Ile Val Arg His Ph - #e Tyr Pro Pro Gly Ser    265                 2 - #70                 2 - #75                 2 -    #80    - GTC TAC GTA TCT TGG AGA CGT AAC GGA AAC AT - #T GCC ACA CCC CGC AAG    3677    Val Tyr Val Ser Trp Arg Arg Asn Gly Asn Il - #e Ala Thr Pro Arg Lys    #               295    - GAC CGT GAC GGG AGT TTT TGG TGG TTC GAA TC - #T GGC CGC GGG GCC ACA    3725    Asp Arg Asp Gly Ser Phe Trp Trp Phe Glu Se - #r Gly Arg Gly Ala Thr    #           310    - CTA GTA TCC ACA ATA ACC CTC GGA AAC TCT GG - #A CTC GAA TCT CCT CCA    3773    Leu Val Ser Thr Ile Thr Leu Gly Asn Ser Gl - #y Leu Glu Ser Pro Pro    #       325    - AAG GTT TCC TGC TTG GTA GCG TGG AGG CAA GG - #C GAT ATG ATA AGC ACA    3821    Lys Val Ser Cys Leu Val Ala Trp Arg Gln Gl - #y Asp Met Ile Ser Thr    #   340    - TCG AAT GCT ACA GCT GTA CCG ACG GTA TAT TA - #T CAC CCC CGT ATC TCT    3869    Ser Asn Ala Thr Ala Val Pro Thr Val Tyr Ty - #r His Pro Arg Ile Ser    345                 3 - #50                 3 - #55                 3 -    #60    - CTG GCA TTT AAA GAT GGG TAT GCA ATA TGT AC - #T ATA GAA TGT GTT CCC    3917    Leu Ala Phe Lys Asp Gly Tyr Ala Ile Cys Th - #r Ile Glu Cys Val Pro    #               375    - TCT GGG ATT ACT GTG AGG TGG TTA GTT CAT GA - #T GAA CCC CAG CCT AAC    3965    Ser Gly Ile Thr Val Arg Trp Leu Val His As - #p Glu Pro Gln Pro Asn    #           390    - ACA ACT TAT GAT ACT GTG GTT ACA GGT CTC TG - #C AGG ACC ATC GAT CGT    4013    Thr Thr Tyr Asp Thr Val Val Thr Gly Leu Cy - #s Arg Thr Ile Asp Arg    #       405    - TAT AGA AAT CTC GCC AGT CGG ATT CCA GTC CA - #G GAC AAC TGG GCG AAA    4061    Tyr Arg Asn Leu Ala Ser Arg Ile Pro Val Gl - #n Asp Asn Trp Ala Lys    #   420    - ACG AAG TAT ACG TGC AGA CTA ATT GGA TAT CC - #G TTC GAC GTG GAT AGA    4109    Thr Lys Tyr Thr Cys Arg Leu Ile Gly Tyr Pr - #o Phe Asp Val Asp Arg    425                 4 - #30                 4 - #35                 4 -    #40    - TTT CAA AAT TCC GAA TAT TAT GAT GCA ACG CC - #G TCG GCA AGA GGA ATG    4157    Phe Gln Asn Ser Glu Tyr Tyr Asp Ala Thr Pr - #o Ser Ala Arg Gly Met    #               455    - CCG ATG ATT GTA ACA ATT ACG GCC GTT CTA GG - #A CTG GCC TTG TTT TTA    4205    Pro Met Ile Val Thr Ile Thr Ala Val Leu Gl - #y Leu Ala Leu Phe Leu    #           470    - GGT ATT GGT ATC ATT ATC ACA GCC CTA TGC TT - #T TAC CTA CCG GGG CGG    4253    Gly Ile Gly Ile Ile Ile Thr Ala Leu Cys Ph - #e Tyr Leu Pro Gly Arg    #       485    - AAT TAAGATTAAC CATCGTATGT GATATAAAAA TTATTAAGTG TTATAACCG - #A    4306    Asn        490    - TCGCATTCTT CTGTTTCGAT TCACAATAAA TAAAATGGTA TTGTAATCAG CA - #CCATCGCA    4366    - TTGTTTCGTA GATGACTCAT GTTCAGTCCG CGTGATGTCA AAAATACGTA TT - #TTTGGTAT    4426    - CACGCAGCGG CCAAAATGCC CATTATGTTA TTTTTACTCC AAACGCGGTA TT - #TAAAACAT    4486    - CGGGACGTAC ATCATGTGGC GCACGTTAAT CGTATACGGT GCCGCTACAT TA - #AAAATCGC    4546    - AAGTCTCCGA ATATCAAGCT CACGGCCAAA ACGTCGGTAA TAATCTTACG CA - #TCGAATGT    4606    - GATACGGATA CCGTACAATC GCTGAGTAGA TTTCCTATAT AGTTACTCAG TA - #GTGATACA    4666    - CAATCACAAA ATCGCTGGGG TATATCATAT AAGA ATG ATG TCG C - #CC ACC CCT    4718    #  Met Met Ser Pro Thr Pro    # 5  1    - GAA GAT GAT CGC GAT CTC GTT GTG GTT CGT GG - #A CGT CTC CGA ATG ATG    4766    Glu Asp Asp Arg Asp Leu Val Val Val Arg Gl - #y Arg Leu Arg Met Met    #             20    - GAT AGC GGC ACG GAA ACA GAT AGA GAG CAA CG - #A CAT CCA CGT ACG ACT    4814    Asp Ser Gly Thr Glu Thr Asp Arg Glu Gln Ar - #g His Pro Arg Thr Thr    #         35    - TGG CGA TCG ATC TGT TGT GGG TGT ACG ATA GG - #A ATG GTA TTT ACC ATA    4862    Trp Arg Ser Ile Cys Cys Gly Cys Thr Ile Gl - #y Met Val Phe Thr Ile    #     50    - TTC GTT CTC GTA GCG GCA GTA TTG TTG GGA TC - #A CTA TTC ACT GTT TCA    4910    Phe Val Leu Val Ala Ala Val Leu Leu Gly Se - #r Leu Phe Thr Val Ser    # 70    - TAC ATG GCC ATG GAA TCG GGA ACA TGT CCC GA - #T GAA TGG ATT GGT TTG    4958    Tyr Met Ala Met Glu Ser Gly Thr Cys Pro As - #p Glu Trp Ile Gly Leu    #                 85    - GGT TAT AGT TGC ATG CGC GTG GCC GGG AAA AA - #T GCA ACT GAT CTT GAG    5006    Gly Tyr Ser Cys Met Arg Val Ala Gly Lys As - #n Ala Thr Asp Leu Glu    #            100    - GCG TTG GAT ACA TGT GCT CGG CAT AAC AGC AA - #A CTT ATT GAC TTC GCA    5054    Ala Leu Asp Thr Cys Ala Arg His Asn Ser Ly - #s Leu Ile Asp Phe Ala    #       115    - AAC GCC AAA GTT CTG GTT GAA GCT ATC GCC CC - #A TTC GGT GTG CCA AAT    5102    Asn Ala Lys Val Leu Val Glu Ala Ile Ala Pr - #o Phe Gly Val Pro Asn    #   130    - GCA GCA TAT GGG GAA GTC TTC CGG TTA AGG GA - #C AGC AAA ACC ACG TGT    5150    Ala Ala Tyr Gly Glu Val Phe Arg Leu Arg As - #p Ser Lys Thr Thr Cys    135                 1 - #40                 1 - #45                 1 -    #50    - ATA CGA CCT ACC ATG GGA GGA CCC GTG TCG GC - #A GAC TGT CCT GTA ACA    5198    Ile Arg Pro Thr Met Gly Gly Pro Val Ser Al - #a Asp Cys Pro Val Thr    #               165    - TGT ACC GTT ATA TGT CAG CGA CCC AGG CCT CT - #A AGT ACC ATG TCT TCC    5246    Cys Thr Val Ile Cys Gln Arg Pro Arg Pro Le - #u Ser Thr Met Ser Ser    #           180    - ATC ATT AGA GAT GCC CGC GTG TAT CTT CAT TT - #A GAA CGA CGC GAT TAT    5294    Ile Ile Arg Asp Ala Arg Val Tyr Leu His Le - #u Glu Arg Arg Asp Tyr    #       195    - TAT GAA GTC TAC GCC TCT GTC CTC TCT AAT GC - #G ATG AGT AAA TAAAAACGCA    5346    Tyr Glu Val Tyr Ala Ser Val Leu Ser Asn Al - #a Met Ser Lys    #   210    - CCTCTAACGG TTACTGTGTT TATTATCCAA TCACACCATA GACATTATTA CA - #ATAATATG    5406    #                 542 - #6    - (2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO:4:    -      (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:    #acids    (A) LENGTH: 369 amino              (B) TYPE: amino acid              (D) TOPOLOGY: linear    -     (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: protein    -     (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO:4:    - Met Met Ala Gly Ile Thr Val Ala Cys Asp Hi - #s Thr Ala Gly Glu Ala    #                 15    - His Thr Pro Glu Asp Met Gln Lys Lys Trp Ar - #g Ile Ile Leu Ala Gly    #             30    - Glu Lys Phe Met Thr Ile Ser Ala Ser Leu Ly - #s Ser Ile Val Ser Cys    #         45    - Val Lys Asn Pro Leu Leu Thr Phe Gly Ala As - #p Gly Leu Ile Val Gln    #     60    - Gly Thr Val Cys Gly Gln Arg Ile Phe Val Pr - #o Ile Asp Arg Asp Ser    # 80    - Phe Ser Glu Tyr Glu Trp His Gly Pro Thr Al - #a Met Phe Leu Ala Leu    #                 95    - Thr Asp Ser Arg Arg Thr Leu Leu Asp Ala Ph - #e Lys Cys Glu Lys Arg    #           110    - Arg Ala Ile Asp Val Ser Phe Thr Phe Ala Gl - #y Glu Pro Pro Cys Arg    #       125    - His Leu Ile Gln Ala Val Thr Tyr Met Thr As - #p Gly Gly Ser Val Ser    #   140    - Asn Thr Ile Ile Lys Tyr Glu Leu Trp Asn Al - #a Ser Thr Ile Phe Pro    145                 1 - #50                 1 - #55                 1 -    #60    - Gln Lys Thr Pro Asp Val Thr Phe Ser Leu As - #n Lys Gln Gln Leu Asn    #               175    - Lys Ile Leu Ala Val Ala Ser Lys Leu Gln Hi - #s Glu Glu Leu Val Phe    #           190    - Ser Leu Lys Pro Glu Gly Gly Phe Tyr Val Gl - #y Thr Val Cys Thr Val    #       205    - Ile Ser Phe Glu Val Asp Gly Thr Ala Met Th - #r Gln Tyr Pro Tyr Asn    #   220    - Pro Pro Thr Ser Ala Thr Leu Ala Leu Val Va - #l Ala Cys Arg Lys Lys    225                 2 - #30                 2 - #35                 2 -    #40    - Lys Ala Asn Lys Asn Thr Ile Leu Thr Ala Ty - #r Gly Ser Gly Lys Pro    #               255    - Phe Cys Val Ala Leu Glu Asp Thr Ser Ala Ph - #e Arg Asn Ile Val Asn    #           270    - Lys Ile Lys Ala Gly Thr Ser Gly Val Asp Le - #u Gly Phe Tyr Thr Thr    #       285    - Cys Asp Pro Pro Met Leu Cys Ile Arg Pro Hi - #s Ala Phe Gly Ser Pro    #   300    - Thr Ala Phe Leu Phe Cys Asn Thr Asp Cys Me - #t Thr Ile Tyr Glu Leu    305                 3 - #10                 3 - #15                 3 -    #20    - Glu Glu Val Ser Ala Val Asp Gly Ala Ile Ar - #g Ala Lys Arg Ile Asn    #               335    - Glu Tyr Phe Pro Thr Val Ser Gln Ala Thr Se - #r Lys Lys Arg Lys Gln    #           350    - Ser Pro Pro Pro Ile Glu Arg Glu Arg Lys Th - #r Thr Arg Ala Asp Thr    #       365    - Gln    - (2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO:5:    -      (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:    #acids    (A) LENGTH: 422 amino              (B) TYPE: amino acid              (D) TOPOLOGY: linear    -     (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: protein    -     (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO:5:    - Met Pro Ser Gly Ala Ser Ser Ser Pro Pro Pr - #o Ala Tyr Thr Ser Ala    #                 15    - Ala Pro Leu Glu Thr Tyr Asn Ser Trp Leu Se - #r Ala Phe Ser Cys Ala    #             30    - Tyr Pro Gln Cys Thr Ala Gly Arg Gly His Ar - #g Gln Asn Gly Lys Lys    #         45    - Cys Ile Arg Cys Ile Val Ile Ser Val Cys Se - #r Leu Val Cys Ile Ala    #     60    - Ala His Leu Ala Val Thr Val Ser Gly Val Al - #a Leu Ile Pro Leu Ile    # 80    - Asp Gln Asn Arg Ala Tyr Gly Asn Cys Thr Va - #l Cys Val Ile Ala Gly    #                 95    - Phe Ile Ala Thr Phe Ala Ala Arg Leu Thr Il - #e Arg Leu Ser Glu Thr    #           110    - Leu Met Leu Val Gly Lys Pro Ala Gln Phe Il - #e Phe Ala Ile Ile Ala    #       125    - Ser Val Ala Glu Thr Leu Ile Asn Asn Glu Al - #a Leu Ala Ile Ser Asn    #    140    - Thr Thr Tyr Lys Thr Ala Leu Arg Ile Ile Gl - #u Val Thr Ser Leu Ala    145                 1 - #50                 1 - #55                 1 -    #60    - Cys Phe Val Met Leu Gly Ala Ile Ile Thr Se - #r His Asn Tyr Val Cys    #               175    - Ile Ser Thr Ala Gly Asp Leu Thr Trp Lys Gl - #y Gly Ile Phe His Ala    #           190    - Tyr His Gly Thr Leu Leu Gly Ile Thr Ile Pr - #o Asn Ile His Pro Ile    #       205    - Pro Leu Ala Gly Phe Leu Ala Val Tyr Thr Il - #e Leu Ala Ile Asn Ile    #   220    - Ala Arg Asp Ala Ser Ala Thr Leu Leu Ser Th - #r Cys Tyr Tyr Arg Asn    225                 2 - #30                 2 - #35                 2 -    #40    - Cys Arg Glu Arg Thr Ile Leu Arg Pro Ser Ar - #g Leu Gly His Gly Tyr    #               255    - Thr Ile Pro Ser Pro Gly Ala Asp Met Leu Ty - #r Glu Glu Asp Val Tyr    #           270    - Ser Phe Asp Ala Ala Lys Gly His Tyr Ser Se - #r Ile Phe Leu Cys Tyr    #       285    - Ala Met Gly Leu Thr Thr Pro Leu Ile Ile Al - #a Leu His Lys Tyr Met    #   300    - Ala Gly Ile Lys Asn Ser Ser Asp Trp Thr Al - #a Thr Leu Gln Gly Met    305                 3 - #10                 3 - #15                 3 -    #20    - Tyr Gly Leu Val Leu Gly Ser Leu Ser Ser Le - #u Cys Ile Pro Ser Ser    #               335    - Asn Asn Asp Ala Leu Ile Arg Pro Ile Gln Il - #e Leu Ile Leu Ile Ile    #           350    - Gly Ala Leu Ala Ile Ala Leu Ala Gly Cys Gl - #y Gln Ile Ile Gly Pro    #       365    - Thr Leu Phe Ala Ala Ser Ser Ala Ala Met Se - #r Cys Phe Thr Cys Ile    #   380    - Asn Ile Arg Ala Thr Asn Lys Gly Val Asn Ly - #s Leu Ala Ala Ala Ser    385                 3 - #90                 3 - #95                 4 -    #00    - Val Val Lys Ser Val Leu Gly Phe Ile Ile Se - #r Gly Met Leu Thr Cys    #                415    - Val Leu Leu Pro Leu Ser                420    - (2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO:6:    -      (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:    #acids    (A) LENGTH: 489 amino              (B) TYPE: amino acid              (D) TOPOLOGY: linear    -     (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: protein    -     (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO:6:    - Met Val Ser Asn Met Arg Val Leu Arg Val Le - #u Arg Leu Thr Gly Trp    #                 15    - Val Gly Ile Phe Leu Val Leu Ser Leu Gln Gl - #n Thr Ser Cys Ala Gly    #             30    - Leu Pro His Asn Val Asp Thr His His Ile Le - #u Thr Phe Asn Pro Ser    #         45    - Pro Ile Ser Ala Asp Gly Val Pro Leu Ser Gl - #u Val Pro Asn Ser Pro    #     60    - Thr Thr Glu Leu Ser Thr Thr Val Ala Thr Ly - #s Thr Ala Val Pro Thr    # 80    - Thr Glu Ser Thr Ser Ser Ser Glu Ala His Ar - #g Asn Ser Ser His Lys    #                 95    - Ile Pro Asp Ile Ile Cys Asp Arg Glu Glu Va - #l Phe Val Phe Leu Asn    #           110    - Asn Thr Gly Arg Ile Leu Cys Asp Leu Ile Va - #l Asp Pro Pro Ser Asp    #       125    - Asp Glu Trp Ser Asn Phe Ala Leu Asp Val Th - #r Phe Asn Pro Ile Glu    #   140    - Tyr His Ala Asn Glu Lys Asn Val Glu Val Al - #a Arg Val Ala Gly Leu    145                 1 - #50                 1 - #55                 1 -    #60    - Tyr Gly Val Pro Gly Ser Asp Tyr Ala Tyr Pr - #o Arg Lys Ser Glu Leu    #               175    - Ile Ser Ser Ile Arg Arg Asp Pro Gln Gly Se - #r Phe Trp Thr Ser Pro    #           190    - Thr Pro Arg Gly Asn Lys Tyr Phe Ile Trp Il - #e Asn Lys Thr Met His    #       205    - Thr Met Gly Val Glu Val Arg Asn Val Asp Ty - #r Lys Asp Asn Gly Tyr    #   220    - Phe Gln Val Ile Leu Arg Asp Arg Phe Asn Ar - #g Pro Leu Val Glu Lys    225                 2 - #30                 2 - #35                 2 -    #40    - His Ile Tyr Met Arg Val Cys Gln Arg Pro Al - #a Ser Val Asp Val Leu    #               255    - Ala Pro Pro Val Leu Ser Gly Glu Asn Tyr Ly - #s Ala Ser Cys Ile Val    #           270    - Arg His Phe Tyr Pro Pro Gly Ser Val Tyr Va - #l Ser Trp Arg Arg Asn    #       285    - Gly Asn Ile Ala Thr Pro Arg Lys Asp Arg As - #p Gly Ser Phe Trp Trp    #   300    - Phe Glu Ser Gly Arg Gly Ala Thr Leu Val Se - #r Thr Ile Thr Leu Gly    305                 3 - #10                 3 - #15                 3 -    #20    - Asn Ser Gly Leu Glu Ser Pro Pro Lys Val Se - #r Cys Leu Val Ala Trp    #               335    - Arg Gln Gly Asp Met Ile Ser Thr Ser Asn Al - #a Thr Ala Val Pro Thr    #           350    - Val Tyr Tyr His Pro Arg Ile Ser Leu Ala Ph - #e Lys Asp Gly Tyr Ala    #       365    - Ile Cys Thr Ile Glu Cys Val Pro Ser Gly Il - #e Thr Val Arg Trp Leu    #   380    - Val His Asp Glu Pro Gln Pro Asn Thr Thr Ty - #r Asp Thr Val Val Thr    385                 3 - #90                 3 - #95                 4 -    #00    - Gly Leu Cys Arg Thr Ile Asp Arg Tyr Arg As - #n Leu Ala Ser Arg Ile    #               415    - Pro Val Gln Asp Asn Trp Ala Lys Thr Lys Ty - #r Thr Cys Arg Leu Ile    #           430    - Gly Tyr Pro Phe Asp Val Asp Arg Phe Gln As - #n Ser Glu Tyr Tyr Asp    #       445    - Ala Thr Pro Ser Ala Arg Gly Met Pro Met Il - #e Val Thr Ile Thr Ala    #   460    - Val Leu Gly Leu Ala Leu Phe Leu Gly Ile Gl - #y Ile Ile Ile Thr Ala    465                 4 - #70                 4 - #75                 4 -    #80    - Leu Cys Phe Tyr Leu Pro Gly Arg Asn                    485    - (2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO:7:    -      (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:    #acids    (A) LENGTH: 212 amino              (B) TYPE: amino acid              (D) TOPOLOGY: linear    -     (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: protein    -     (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO:7:    - Met Met Ser Pro Thr Pro Glu Asp Asp Arg As - #p Leu Val Val Val Arg    #                 15    - Gly Arg Leu Arg Met Met Asp Ser Gly Thr Gl - #u Thr Asp Arg Glu Gln    #             30    - Arg His Pro Arg Thr Thr Trp Arg Ser Ile Cy - #s Cys Gly Cys Thr Ile    #         45    - Gly Met Val Phe Thr Ile Phe Val Leu Val Al - #a Ala Val Leu Leu Gly    #     60    - Ser Leu Phe Thr Val Ser Tyr Met Ala Met Gl - #u Ser Gly Thr Cys Pro    # 80    - Asp Glu Trp Ile Gly Leu Gly Tyr Ser Cys Me - #t Arg Val Ala Gly Lys    #                 95    - Asn Ala Thr Asp Leu Glu Ala Leu Asp Thr Cy - #s Ala Arg His Asn Ser    #           110    - Lys Leu Ile Asp Phe Ala Asn Ala Lys Val Le - #u Val Glu Ala Ile Ala    #       125    - Pro Phe Gly Val Pro Asn Ala Ala Tyr Gly Gl - #u Val Phe Arg Leu Arg    #   140    - Asp Ser Lys Thr Thr Cys Ile Arg Pro Thr Me - #t Gly Gly Pro Val Ser    145                 1 - #50                 1 - #55                 1 -    #60    - Ala Asp Cys Pro Val Thr Cys Thr Val Ile Cy - #s Gln Arg Pro Arg Pro    #               175    - Leu Ser Thr Met Ser Ser Ile Ile Arg Asp Al - #a Arg Val Tyr Leu His    #           190    - Leu Glu Arg Arg Asp Tyr Tyr Glu Val Tyr Al - #a Ser Val Leu Ser Asn    #       205    - Ala Met Ser Lys        210    - (2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO:8:    -      (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:    #pairs    (A) LENGTH: 1506 base              (B) TYPE: nucleic acid              (C) STRANDEDNESS: double              (D) TOPOLOGY: linear    -     (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: DNA (genomic)    -    (iii) HYPOTHETICAL: NO    -     (iv) ANTI-SENSE: NO    -     (ix) FEATURE:              (A) NAME/KEY: CDS              (B) LOCATION: 1..1506    -     (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO:8:    - ATG CTC ACG CCG CGT GTG TTA CGA GCT TTG GG - #G TGG ACT GGA CTC TTT      48    Met Leu Thr Pro Arg Val Leu Arg Ala Leu Gl - #y Trp Thr Gly Leu Phe    #                 15    - TTT TTG CTT TTA TCT CCG AGC AAC GTC CTA GG - #A GCC AGC CTT AGC CGG      96    Phe Leu Leu Leu Ser Pro Ser Asn Val Leu Gl - #y Ala Ser Leu Ser Arg    #             30    - GAT CTC GAA ACA CCC CCA TTT CTA TCC TTT GA - #T CCA TCC AAC ATT TCA     144    Asp Leu Glu Thr Pro Pro Phe Leu Ser Phe As - #p Pro Ser Asn Ile Ser    #         45    - ATT AAC GGC GCG CCT TTA ACT GAG GTA CCT CA - #T GCA CCT TCC ACA GAA     192    Ile Asn Gly Ala Pro Leu Thr Glu Val Pro Hi - #s Ala Pro Ser Thr Glu    #     60    - AGT GTG TCA ACA AAT TCG GAA AGT ACC AAT GA - #A CAT ACC ATA ACA GAA     240    Ser Val Ser Thr Asn Ser Glu Ser Thr Asn Gl - #u His Thr Ile Thr Glu    # 80    - ACG ACG GGC AAG AAC GCA TAC ATC CAC AAC AA - #T GCG TCT ACG GAC AAG     288    Thr Thr Gly Lys Asn Ala Tyr Ile His Asn As - #n Ala Ser Thr Asp Lys    #                 95    - CAA AAT GCG AAC GAC ACT CAT AAA ACG CCC AA - #T ATA CTC TGC GAT ACG     336    Gln Asn Ala Asn Asp Thr His Lys Thr Pro As - #n Ile Leu Cys Asp Thr    #           110    - GAA GAA GTT TTT GTT TTC CTT AAC GAA ACG GG - #A AGA TTT GTT TGT ACT     384    Glu Glu Val Phe Val Phe Leu Asn Glu Thr Gl - #y Arg Phe Val Cys Thr    #       125    - CTC AAA GTC GAC CCC CCC TCG GAT AGT GAA TG - #G TCC AAC TTT GTT CTA     432    Leu Lys Val Asp Pro Pro Ser Asp Ser Glu Tr - #p Ser Asn Phe Val Leu    #   140    - GAT CTG ATC TTT AAC CCA ATT GAA TAC CAC GC - #C AAC GAA AAG AAT GTG     480    Asp Leu Ile Phe Asn Pro Ile Glu Tyr His Al - #a Asn Glu Lys Asn Val    #160    - GAA GCG GCG CGT ATC GCT GGT CTC TAT GGA GT - #C CCC GGA TCA GAC TAT     528    Glu Ala Ala Arg Ile Ala Gly Leu Tyr Gly Va - #l Pro Gly Ser Asp Tyr    #               175    - GCA TAC CCA CGT CAA TCT GAA TTA ATT TCT TC - #G ATT CGA CGA GAT CCC     576    Ala Tyr Pro Arg Gln Ser Glu Leu Ile Ser Se - #r Ile Arg Arg Asp Pro    #           190    - CAG GGC ACA TTT TGG ACG AGC CCA TCA CCT CA - #T GGA AAC AAG TAC TTC     624    Gln Gly Thr Phe Trp Thr Ser Pro Ser Pro Hi - #s Gly Asn Lys Tyr Phe    #       205    - ATA TGG ATA AAC AAA ACA ACC AAT ACG ATG GG - #C GTG GAA ATT AGA AAT     672    Ile Trp Ile Asn Lys Thr Thr Asn Thr Met Gl - #y Val Glu Ile Arg Asn    #   220    - GTA GAT TAT GCT GAT AAT GGC TAC ATG CAA GT - #C ATT ATG CGT GAC CAT     720    Val Asp Tyr Ala Asp Asn Gly Tyr Met Gln Va - #l Ile Met Arg Asp His    225                 2 - #30                 2 - #35                 2 -    #40    - TTT AAT CGG CCT TTA ATA GAT AAA CAT ATT TA - #C ATA CGT GTG TGT CAA     768    Phe Asn Arg Pro Leu Ile Asp Lys His Ile Ty - #r Ile Arg Val Cys Gln    #               255    - CGA CCT GCA TCA GTG GAT GTA CTG GCC CCT CC - #A GTC CTC AGC GGA GAA     816    Arg Pro Ala Ser Val Asp Val Leu Ala Pro Pr - #o Val Leu Ser Gly Glu    #           270    - AAT TAC AAG GCA TCT TGT ATC GTT AGA CAC TT - #T TAT CCC CCT GGA TCT     864    Asn Tyr Lys Ala Ser Cys Ile Val Arg His Ph - #e Tyr Pro Pro Gly Ser    #       285    - GTC TAT GTA TCT TGG AGA CAG AAT GGA AAC AT - #T GCA ACT CCT CGG AAA     912    Val Tyr Val Ser Trp Arg Gln Asn Gly Asn Il - #e Ala Thr Pro Arg Lys    #   300    - GAT CGC GAT GGA AGT TTT TGG TGG TTC GAA TC - #T GGT AGA GGA GCT ACG     960    Asp Arg Asp Gly Ser Phe Trp Trp Phe Glu Se - #r Gly Arg Gly Ala Thr    305                 3 - #10                 3 - #15                 3 -    #20    - TTG GTT TCT ACA ATA ACA TTG GGA AAT TCA GG - #A ATT GAT TTC CCC CCC    1008    Leu Val Ser Thr Ile Thr Leu Gly Asn Ser Gl - #y Ile Asp Phe Pro Pro    #               335    - AAA ATA TCT TGT CTG GTT GCC TGG AAG CAG GG - #T GAT ATG ATC AGC ACG    1056    Lys Ile Ser Cys Leu Val Ala Trp Lys Gln Gl - #y Asp Met Ile Ser Thr    #           350    - ACG AAT GCC ACA GCT ATC CCG ACG GTA TAT CA - #T CAT CCC CGT TTA TCC    1104    Thr Asn Ala Thr Ala Ile Pro Thr Val Tyr Hi - #s His Pro Arg Leu Ser    #       365    - CTG GCT TTT AAA GAT GGG TAT GCA ATA TGT AC - #T ATA GAA TGT GTC CCC    1152    Leu Ala Phe Lys Asp Gly Tyr Ala Ile Cys Th - #r Ile Glu Cys Val Pro    #   380    - TCT GAG ATT ACT GTA CGG TGG TTA GTA CAT GA - #T GAA GCG CAG CCT AAC    1200    #Asp Glu Ala Gln Pro Asn Trp Leu Val His    385                 3 - #90                 3 - #95                 4 -    #00    - ACA ACT TAT AAT ACT GTG GTT ACA GGT CTC TG - #C CGG ACC ATC GAT CGC    1248    Thr Thr Tyr Asn Thr Val Val Thr Gly Leu Cy - #s Arg Thr Ile Asp Arg    #               415    - CAT AGA AAT CTC CTC AGC CGC ATT CCA GTA TG - #G GAC AAT TGG ACG AAA    1296    His Arg Asn Leu Leu Ser Arg Ile Pro Val Tr - #p Asp Asn Trp Thr Lys    #           430    - ACA AAA TAT ACG TGC AGA CTC ATA GGC TAC CC - #C TTC GAT GAA GAT AAA    1344    Thr Lys Tyr Thr Cys Arg Leu Ile Gly Tyr Pr - #o Phe Asp Glu Asp Lys    #       445    - TTT CAA GAT TCG GAA TAT TAC GAT GCA ACT CC - #A TCT GCA AGA GGA ACA    1392    Phe Gln Asp Ser Glu Tyr Tyr Asp Ala Thr Pr - #o Ser Ala Arg Gly Thr    #   460    - CCC ATG GTT ATT ACG GTT ACG GCA GTT TTG GG - #A TTG GCT GTA ATT TTA    1440    Pro Met Val Ile Thr Val Thr Ala Val Leu Gl - #y Leu Ala Val Ile Leu    465                 4 - #70                 4 - #75                 4 -    #80    - GGG ATG GGG ATA ATC ATG ACT GCC CTA TGT TT - #A TAC AAC TCC ACA CGA    1488    Gly Met Gly Ile Ile Met Thr Ala Leu Cys Le - #u Tyr Asn Ser Thr Arg    #               495    #1506              TA TAA    Lys Asn Ile Arg Leu                500    - (2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO:9:    -      (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:    #acids    (A) LENGTH: 501 amino              (B) TYPE: amino acid              (D) TOPOLOGY: linear    -     (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: protein    -     (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO:9:    - Met Leu Thr Pro Arg Val Leu Arg Ala Leu Gl - #y Trp Thr Gly Leu Phe    #                 15    - Phe Leu Leu Leu Ser Pro Ser Asn Val Leu Gl - #y Ala Ser Leu Ser Arg    #             30    - Asp Leu Glu Thr Pro Pro Phe Leu Ser Phe As - #p Pro Ser Asn Ile Ser    #         45    - Ile Asn Gly Ala Pro Leu Thr Glu Val Pro Hi - #s Ala Pro Ser Thr Glu    #     60    - Ser Val Ser Thr Asn Ser Glu Ser Thr Asn Gl - #u His Thr Ile Thr Glu    # 80    - Thr Thr Gly Lys Asn Ala Tyr Ile His Asn As - #n Ala Ser Thr Asp Lys    #                 95    - Gln Asn Ala Asn Asp Thr His Lys Thr Pro As - #n Ile Leu Cys Asp Thr    #           110    - Glu Glu Val Phe Val Phe Leu Asn Glu Thr Gl - #y Arg Phe Val Cys Thr    #       125    - Leu Lys Val Asp Pro Pro Ser Asp Ser Glu Tr - #p Ser Asn Phe Val Leu    #   140    - Asp Leu Ile Phe Asn Pro Ile Glu Tyr His Al - #a Asn Glu Lys Asn Val    145                 1 - #50                 1 - #55                 1 -    #60    - Glu Ala Ala Arg Ile Ala Gly Leu Tyr Gly Va - #l Pro Gly Ser Asp Tyr    #               175    - Ala Tyr Pro Arg Gln Ser Glu Leu Ile Ser Se - #r Ile Arg Arg Asp Pro    #           190    - Gln Gly Thr Phe Trp Thr Ser Pro Ser Pro Hi - #s Gly Asn Lys Tyr Phe    #       205    - Ile Trp Ile Asn Lys Thr Thr Asn Thr Met Gl - #y Val Glu Ile Arg Asn    #   220    - Val Asp Tyr Ala Asp Asn Gly Tyr Met Gln Va - #l Ile Met Arg Asp His    225                 2 - #30                 2 - #35                 2 -    #40    - Phe Asn Arg Pro Leu Ile Asp Lys His Ile Ty - #r Ile Arg Val Cys Gln    #               255    - Arg Pro Ala Ser Val Asp Val Leu Ala Pro Pr - #o Val Leu Ser Gly Glu    #           270    - Asn Tyr Lys Ala Ser Cys Ile Val Arg His Ph - #e Tyr Pro Pro Gly Ser    #       285    - Val Tyr Val Ser Trp Arg Gln Asn Gly Asn Il - #e Ala Thr Pro Arg Lys    #   300    - Asp Arg Asp Gly Ser Phe Trp Trp Phe Glu Se - #r Gly Arg Gly Ala Thr    305                 3 - #10                 3 - #15                 3 -    #20    - Leu Val Ser Thr Ile Thr Leu Gly Asn Ser Gl - #y Ile Asp Phe Pro Pro    #               335    - Lys Ile Ser Cys Leu Val Ala Trp Lys Gln Gl - #y Asp Met Ile Ser Thr    #           350    - Thr Asn Ala Thr Ala Ile Pro Thr Val Tyr Hi - #s His Pro Arg Leu Ser    #       365    - Leu Ala Phe Lys Asp Gly Tyr Ala Ile Cys Th - #r Ile Glu Cys Val Pro    #   380    - Ser Glu Ile Thr Val Arg Trp Leu Val His As - #p Glu Ala Gln Pro Asn    385                 3 - #90                 3 - #95                 4 -    #00    - Thr Thr Tyr Asn Thr Val Val Thr Gly Leu Cy - #s Arg Thr Ile Asp Arg    #               415    - His Arg Asn Leu Leu Ser Arg Ile Pro Val Tr - #p Asp Asn Trp Thr Lys    #           430    - Thr Lys Tyr Thr Cys Arg Leu Ile Gly Tyr Pr - #o Phe Asp Glu Asp Lys    #       445    - Phe Gln Asp Ser Glu Tyr Tyr Asp Ala Thr Pr - #o Ser Ala Arg Gly Thr    #   460    - Pro Met Val Ile Thr Val Thr Ala Val Leu Gl - #y Leu Ala Val Ile Leu    465                 4 - #70                 4 - #75                 4 -    #80    - Gly Met Gly Ile Ile Met Thr Ala Leu Cys Le - #u Tyr Asn Ser Thr Arg    #               495    - Lys Asn Ile Arg Leu                500    - (2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO:10:    -      (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:    #pairs    (A) LENGTH: 1734 base              (B) TYPE: nucleic acid              (C) STRANDEDNESS: double              (D) TOPOLOGY: linear    -     (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: DNA (genomic)    -    (iii) HYPOTHETICAL: NO    -     (iv) ANTI-SENSE: NO    -     (ix) FEATURE:              (A) NAME/KEY: CDS              (B) LOCATION: 1..1734    -     (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO:10:    - ATG GAC CGC GCC GTT AGC CAA GTT GCG TTA GA - #G AAT GAT GAA AGA GAG      48    Met Asp Arg Ala Val Ser Gln Val Ala Leu Gl - #u Asn Asp Glu Arg Glu    #                 15    - GCA AAA AAT ACA TGG CGC TTG ATA TTC CGG AT - #T GCA ATC TTA TTC TTA      96    Ala Lys Asn Thr Trp Arg Leu Ile Phe Arg Il - #e Ala Ile Leu Phe Leu    #             30    - ACA GTA GTG ACC TTG GCT ATA TCT GTA GCC TC - #C CTT TTA TAT AGC ATG     144    Thr Val Val Thr Leu Ala Ile Ser Val Ala Se - #r Leu Leu Tyr Ser Met    #         45    - GGG GCT AGC ACA CCT AGC GAT CTT GTA GGC AT - #A CCG ACT AGG ATT TCC     192    Gly Ala Ser Thr Pro Ser Asp Leu Val Gly Il - #e Pro Thr Arg Ile Ser    #     60    - AGG GCA GAA GAA AAG ATT ACA TCT ACA CTT GG - #T TCC AAT CAA GAT GTA     240    Arg Ala Glu Glu Lys Ile Thr Ser Thr Leu Gl - #y Ser Asn Gln Asp Val    # 80    - GTA GAT AGG ATA TAT AAG CAA GTG GCC CTT GA - #G TCT CCA TTG GCA TTG     288    Val Asp Arg Ile Tyr Lys Gln Val Ala Leu Gl - #u Ser Pro Leu Ala Leu    #                 95    - TTA AAT ACT GAG ACC ACA ATT ATG AAC GCA AT - #A ACA TCT CTC TCT TAT     336    Leu Asn Thr Glu Thr Thr Ile Met Asn Ala Il - #e Thr Ser Leu Ser Tyr    #           110    - CAG ATT AAT GGA GCT GCA AAC AAC AGC GGG TG - #G GGG GCA CCT ATT CAT     384    Gln Ile Asn Gly Ala Ala Asn Asn Ser Gly Tr - #p Gly Ala Pro Ile His    #       125    - GAC CCA GAT TAT ATA GGG GGG ATA GGC AAA GA - #A CTC ATT GTA GAT GAT     432    Asp Pro Asp Tyr Ile Gly Gly Ile Gly Lys Gl - #u Leu Ile Val Asp Asp    #   140    - GCT AGT GAT GTC ACA TCA TTC TAT CCC TCT GC - #A TTT CAA GAA CAT CTG     480    Ala Ser Asp Val Thr Ser Phe Tyr Pro Ser Al - #a Phe Gln Glu His Leu    145                 1 - #50                 1 - #55                 1 -    #60    - AAT TTT ATC CCG GCG CCT ACT ACA GGA TCA GG - #T TGC ACT CGA ATA CCC     528    Asn Phe Ile Pro Ala Pro Thr Thr Gly Ser Gl - #y Cys Thr Arg Ile Pro    #                175    - TCA TTT GAC ATG AGT GCT ACC CAT TAC TGC TA - #C ACC CAT AAT GTA ATA     576    Ser Phe Asp Met Ser Ala Thr His Tyr Cys Ty - #r Thr His Asn Val Ile    #           190    - TTG TCT GGA TGC AGA GAT CAC TCA CAC TCA CA - #T CAG TAT TTA GCA CTT     624    Leu Ser Gly Cys Arg Asp His Ser His Ser Hi - #s Gln Tyr Leu Ala Leu    #       205    - GGT GTG CTC CGG ACA TCT GCA ACA GGG AGG GT - #A TTC TTT TCT ACT CTG     672    Gly Val Leu Arg Thr Ser Ala Thr Gly Arg Va - #l Phe Phe Ser Thr Leu    #   220    - CGT TCC ATC AAC CTG GAC GAC ACC CAA AAT CG - #G AAG TCT TGC AGT GTG     720    Arg Ser Ile Asn Leu Asp Asp Thr Gln Asn Ar - #g Lys Ser Cys Ser Val    225                 2 - #30                 2 - #35                 2 -    #40    - AGT GCA ACT CCC CTG GGT TGT GAT ATG CTG TG - #C TCG AAA GCC ACG GAG     768    Ser Ala Thr Pro Leu Gly Cys Asp Met Leu Cy - #s Ser Lys Ala Thr Glu    #               255    - ACA GAG GAA GAA GAT TAT AAC TCA GCT GTC CC - #T ACG CGG ATG GTA CAT     816    Thr Glu Glu Glu Asp Tyr Asn Ser Ala Val Pr - #o Thr Arg Met Val His    #           270    - GGG AGG TTA GGG TTC GAC GGC CAA TAT CAC GA - #A AAG GAC CTA GAT GTC     864    Gly Arg Leu Gly Phe Asp Gly Gln Tyr His Gl - #u Lys Asp Leu Asp Val    #       285    - ACA ACA TTA TTC GGG GAC TGG GTG GCC AAC TA - #C CCA GGA GTA GGG GGT     912    Thr Thr Leu Phe Gly Asp Trp Val Ala Asn Ty - #r Pro Gly Val Gly Gly    #   300    - GGA TCT TTT ATT GAC AGC CGC GTG TGG TTC TC - #A GTC TAC GGA GGG TTA     960    Gly Ser Phe Ile Asp Ser Arg Val Trp Phe Se - #r Val Tyr Gly Gly Leu    305                 3 - #10                 3 - #15                 3 -    #20    - AAA CCC AAT ACA CCC AGT GAC ACT GTA CAG GA - #A GGG AAA TAT GTG ATA    1008    Lys Pro Asn Thr Pro Ser Asp Thr Val Gln Gl - #u Gly Lys Tyr Val Ile    #               335    - TAC AAG CGA TAC AAT GAC ACA TGC CCA GAT GA - #G CAA GAC TAC CAG ATT    1056    Tyr Lys Arg Tyr Asn Asp Thr Cys Pro Asp Gl - #u Gln Asp Tyr Gln Ile    #           350    - CGA ATG GCC AAG TCT TCG TAT AAG CCT GGA CG - #G TTT GGT GGG AAA CGC    1104    Arg Met Ala Lys Ser Ser Tyr Lys Pro Gly Ar - #g Phe Gly Gly Lys Arg    #       365    - ATA CAG CAG GCT ATC TTA TCT ATC AAA GTG TC - #A ACA TCC TTA GGC GAA    1152    Ile Gln Gln Ala Ile Leu Ser Ile Lys Val Se - #r Thr Ser Leu Gly Glu    #   380    - GAC CCG GTA CTG ACT GTA CCG CCC AAC ACA GT - #C ACA CTC ATG GGG GCC    1200    Asp Pro Val Leu Thr Val Pro Pro Asn Thr Va - #l Thr Leu Met Gly Ala    385                 3 - #90                 3 - #95                 4 -    #00    - GAA GGC AGA ATT CTC ACA GTA GGG ACA TCC CA - #T TTC TTG TAT CAG CGA    1248    Glu Gly Arg Ile Leu Thr Val Gly Thr Ser Hi - #s Phe Leu Tyr Gln Arg    #               415    - GGG TCA TCA TAC TTC TCT CCC GCG TTA TTA TA - #T CCT ATG ACA GTC AGC    1296    Gly Ser Ser Tyr Phe Ser Pro Ala Leu Leu Ty - #r Pro Met Thr Val Ser    #           430    - AAC AAA ACA GCC ACT CTT CAT AGT CCT TAT AC - #A TTC AAT GCC TTC ACT    1344    Asn Lys Thr Ala Thr Leu His Ser Pro Tyr Th - #r Phe Asn Ala Phe Thr    #       445    - CGG CCA GGT AGT ATC CCT TGC CAG GCT TCA GC - #A AGA TGC CCC AAC TCA    1392    Arg Pro Gly Ser Ile Pro Cys Gln Ala Ser Al - #a Arg Cys Pro Asn Ser    #   460    - TGT GTT ACT GGA GTC TAT ACA GAT CCA TAT CC - #C CTA ATC TTC TAT AGA    1440    Cys Val Thr Gly Val Tyr Thr Asp Pro Tyr Pr - #o Leu Ile Phe Tyr Arg    465                 4 - #70                 4 - #75                 4 -    #80    - AAC CAC ACC TTG CGA GGG GTA TTC GGG ACA AT - #G CTT GAT GGT GAA CAA    1488    Asn His Thr Leu Arg Gly Val Phe Gly Thr Me - #t Leu Asp Gly Glu Gln    #               495    - GCA AGA CTT AAC CCT GCG TCT GCA GTA TTC GA - #T AGC ACA TCC CGC AGT    1536    Ala Arg Leu Asn Pro Ala Ser Ala Val Phe As - #p Ser Thr Ser Arg Ser    #           510    - CGC ATA ACT CGA GTG AGT TCA AGC AGC ATC AA - #A GCA GCA TAC ACA ACA    1584    Arg Ile Thr Arg Val Ser Ser Ser Ser Ile Ly - #s Ala Ala Tyr Thr Thr    #       525    - TCA ACT TGT TTT AAA GTG GTC AAG ACC AAT AA - #G ACC TAT TGT CTC AGC    1632    Ser Thr Cys Phe Lys Val Val Lys Thr Asn Ly - #s Thr Tyr Cys Leu Ser    #   540    - ATT GCT GAA ATA TCT AAT ACT CTC TTC GGA GA - #A TTC AGA ATC GTC CCG    1680    Ile Ala Glu Ile Ser Asn Thr Leu Phe Gly Gl - #u Phe Arg Ile Val Pro    545                 5 - #50                 5 - #55                 5 -    #60    - TTA CTA GTT GAG ATC CTC AAA GAT GAC GGG GT - #T AGA GAA GCC AGG TCT    1728    Leu Leu Val Glu Ile Leu Lys Asp Asp Gly Va - #l Arg Glu Ala Arg Ser    #               575    #         1734    Gly    - (2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO:11:    -      (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:    #acids    (A) LENGTH: 577 amino              (B) TYPE: amino acid              (D) TOPOLOGY: linear    -     (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: protein    -     (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO:11:    - Met Asp Arg Ala Val Ser Gln Val Ala Leu Gl - #u Asn Asp Glu Arg Glu    #                 15    - Ala Lys Asn Thr Trp Arg Leu Ile Phe Arg Il - #e Ala Ile Leu Phe Leu    #             30    - Thr Val Val Thr Leu Ala Ile Ser Val Ala Se - #r Leu Leu Tyr Ser Met    #         45    - Gly Ala Ser Thr Pro Ser Asp Leu Val Gly Il - #e Pro Thr Arg Ile Ser    #     60    - Arg Ala Glu Glu Lys Ile Thr Ser Thr Leu Gl - #y Ser Asn Gln Asp Val    # 80    - Val Asp Arg Ile Tyr Lys Gln Val Ala Leu Gl - #u Ser Pro Leu Ala Leu    #                 95    - Leu Asn Thr Glu Thr Thr Ile Met Asn Ala Il - #e Thr Ser Leu Ser Tyr    #           110    - Gln Ile Asn Gly Ala Ala Asn Asn Ser Gly Tr - #p Gly Ala Pro Ile His    #       125    - Asp Pro Asp Tyr Ile Gly Gly Ile Gly Lys Gl - #u Leu Ile Val Asp Asp    #   140    - Ala Ser Asp Val Thr Ser Phe Tyr Pro Ser Al - #a Phe Gln Glu His Leu    145                 1 - #50                 1 - #55                 1 -    #60    - Asn Phe Ile Pro Ala Pro Thr Thr Gly Ser Gl - #y Cys Thr Arg Ile Pro    #               175    - Ser Phe Asp Met Ser Ala Thr His Tyr Cys Ty - #r Thr His Asn Val Ile    #           190    - Leu Ser Gly Cys Arg Asp His Ser His Ser Hi - #s Gln Tyr Leu Ala Leu    #       205    - Gly Val Leu Arg Thr Ser Ala Thr Gly Arg Va - #l Phe Phe Ser Thr Leu    #   220    - Arg Ser Ile Asn Leu Asp Asp Thr Gln Asn Ar - #g Lys Ser Cys Ser Val    225                 2 - #30                 2 - #35                 2 -    #40    - Ser Ala Thr Pro Leu Gly Cys Asp Met Leu Cy - #s Ser Lys Ala Thr Glu    #               255    - Thr Glu Glu Glu Asp Tyr Asn Ser Ala Val Pr - #o Thr Arg Met Val His    #           270    - Gly Arg Leu Gly Phe Asp Gly Gln Tyr His Gl - #u Lys Asp Leu Asp Val    #       285    - Thr Thr Leu Phe Gly Asp Trp Val Ala Asn Ty - #r Pro Gly Val Gly Gly    #   300    - Gly Ser Phe Ile Asp Ser Arg Val Trp Phe Se - #r Val Tyr Gly Gly Leu    305                 3 - #10                 3 - #15                 3 -    #20    - Lys Pro Asn Thr Pro Ser Asp Thr Val Gln Gl - #u Gly Lys Tyr Val Ile    #               335    - Tyr Lys Arg Tyr Asn Asp Thr Cys Pro Asp Gl - #u Gln Asp Tyr Gln Ile    #           350    - Arg Met Ala Lys Ser Ser Tyr Lys Pro Gly Ar - #g Phe Gly Gly Lys Arg    #       365    - Ile Gln Gln Ala Ile Leu Ser Ile Lys Val Se - #r Thr Ser Leu Gly Glu    #   380    - Asp Pro Val Leu Thr Val Pro Pro Asn Thr Va - #l Thr Leu Met Gly Ala    385                 3 - #90                 3 - #95                 4 -    #00    - Glu Gly Arg Ile Leu Thr Val Gly Thr Ser Hi - #s Phe Leu Tyr Gln Arg    #               415    - Gly Ser Ser Tyr Phe Ser Pro Ala Leu Leu Ty - #r Pro Met Thr Val Ser    #           430    - Asn Lys Thr Ala Thr Leu His Ser Pro Tyr Th - #r Phe Asn Ala Phe Thr    #       445    - Arg Pro Gly Ser Ile Pro Cys Gln Ala Ser Al - #a Arg Cys Pro Asn Ser    #   460    - Cys Val Thr Gly Val Tyr Thr Asp Pro Tyr Pr - #o Leu Ile Phe Tyr Arg    465                 4 - #70                 4 - #75                 4 -    #80    - Asn His Thr Leu Arg Gly Val Phe Gly Thr Me - #t Leu Asp Gly Glu Gln    #               495    - Ala Arg Leu Asn Pro Ala Ser Ala Val Phe As - #p Ser Thr Ser Arg Ser    #           510    - Arg Ile Thr Arg Val Ser Ser Ser Ser Ile Ly - #s Ala Ala Tyr Thr Thr    #       525    - Ser Thr Cys Phe Lys Val Val Lys Thr Asn Ly - #s Thr Tyr Cys Leu Ser    #   540    - Ile Ala Glu Ile Ser Asn Thr Leu Phe Gly Gl - #u Phe Arg Ile Val Pro    545                 5 - #50                 5 - #55                 5 -    #60    - Leu Leu Val Glu Ile Leu Lys Asp Asp Gly Va - #l Arg Glu Ala Arg Ser    #               575    - Gly    - (2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO:12:    -      (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:    #pairs    (A) LENGTH: 1662 base              (B) TYPE: nucleic acid              (C) STRANDEDNESS: double              (D) TOPOLOGY: linear    -     (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: DNA (genomic)    -    (iii) HYPOTHETICAL: NO    -     (iv) ANTI-SENSE: NO    -     (ix) FEATURE:              (A) NAME/KEY: CDS              (B) LOCATION: 1..1662    -     (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO:12:    - ATG GGC TCC AGA CCT TCT ACC AAG AAC CCA GC - #A CCT ATG ATG CTG ACT      48    Met Gly Ser Arg Pro Ser Thr Lys Asn Pro Al - #a Pro Met Met Leu Thr    #                 15    - ATC CGG GTC GCG CTG GTA CTG AGT TGC ATC TG - #T CCG GCA AAC TCC ATT      96    Ile Arg Val Ala Leu Val Leu Ser Cys Ile Cy - #s Pro Ala Asn Ser Ile    #             30    - GAT GGC AGG CCT CTT GCA GCT GCA GGA ATT GT - #G GTT ACA GGA GAC AAA     144    Asp Gly Arg Pro Leu Ala Ala Ala Gly Ile Va - #l Val Thr Gly Asp Lys    #         45    - GCA GTC AAC ATA TAC ACC TCA TCC CAG ACA GG - #A TCA ATC ATA GTT AAG     192    Ala Val Asn Ile Tyr Thr Ser Ser Gln Thr Gl - #y Ser Ile Ile Val Lys    #     60    - CTC CTC CCG AAT CTG CCA AAG GAT AAG GAG GC - #A TGT GCG AAA GCC CCC     240    Leu Leu Pro Asn Leu Pro Lys Asp Lys Glu Al - #a Cys Ala Lys Ala Pro    # 80    - TTG GAT GCA TAC AAC AGG ACA TTG ACC ACT TT - #G CTC ACC CCC CTT GGT     288    Leu Asp Ala Tyr Asn Arg Thr Leu Thr Thr Le - #u Leu Thr Pro Leu Gly    #                 95    - GAC TCT ATC CGT AGG ATA CAA GAG TCT GTG AC - #T ACA TCT GGA GGG GGG     336    Asp Ser Ile Arg Arg Ile Gln Glu Ser Val Th - #r Thr Ser Gly Gly Gly    #           110    - AGA CAG GGG CGC CTT ATA GGC GCC ATT ATT GG - #C GGT GTG GCT CTT GGG     384    Arg Gln Gly Arg Leu Ile Gly Ala Ile Ile Gl - #y Gly Val Ala Leu Gly    #       125    - GTT GCA ACT GCC GCA CAA ATA ACA GCG GCC GC - #A GCT CTG ATA CAA GCC     432    Val Ala Thr Ala Ala Gln Ile Thr Ala Ala Al - #a Ala Leu Ile Gln Ala    #   140    - AAA CAA AAT GCT GCC AAC ATC CTC CGA CTT AA - #A GAG AGC ATT GCC GCA     480    Lys Gln Asn Ala Ala Asn Ile Leu Arg Leu Ly - #s Glu Ser Ile Ala Ala    145                 1 - #50                 1 - #55                 1 -    #60    - ACC AAT GAG GCT GTG CAT GAG GTC ACT GAC GG - #A TTA TCG CAA CTA GCA     528    Thr Asn Glu Ala Val His Glu Val Thr Asp Gl - #y Leu Ser Gln Leu Ala    #               175    - GTG GCA GTT GGG AAG ATG CAG CAG TTC GTT AA - #T GAC CAA TTT AAT AAA     576    Val Ala Val Gly Lys Met Gln Gln Phe Val As - #n Asp Gln Phe Asn Lys    #           190    - ACA GCT CAG GAA TTA GAC TGC ATC AAA ATT GC - #A CAG CAA GTT GGT GTA     624    Thr Ala Gln Glu Leu Asp Cys Ile Lys Ile Al - #a Gln Gln Val Gly Val    #       205    - GAG CTC AAC CTG TAC CTA ACC GAA TCG ACT AC - #A GTA TTC GGA CCA CAA     672    Glu Leu Asn Leu Tyr Leu Thr Glu Ser Thr Th - #r Val Phe Gly Pro Gln    #   220    - ATC ACT TCA CCT GCC TTA AAC AAG CTG ACT AT - #T CAG GCA CTT TAC AAT     720    Ile Thr Ser Pro Ala Leu Asn Lys Leu Thr Il - #e Gln Ala Leu Tyr Asn    225                 2 - #30                 2 - #35                 2 -    #40    - CTA GCT GGT GGG AAT ATG GAT TAC TTA TTG AC - #T AAG TTA GGT ATA GGG     768    Leu Ala Gly Gly Asn Met Asp Tyr Leu Leu Th - #r Lys Leu Gly Ile Gly    #               255    - AAC AAT CAA CTC AGC TCA TTA ATC GGT AGC GG - #C TTA ATC ACC GGT AAC     816    Asn Asn Gln Leu Ser Ser Leu Ile Gly Ser Gl - #y Leu Ile Thr Gly Asn    #           270    - CCT ATT CTA TAC GAC TCA CAG ACT CAA CTC TT - #G GGT ATA CAG GTA ACT     864    Pro Ile Leu Tyr Asp Ser Gln Thr Gln Leu Le - #u Gly Ile Gln Val Thr    #       285    - CTA CCT TCA GTC GGG AAC CTA AAT AAT ATG CG - #T GCC ACC TAC TTG GAA     912    Leu Pro Ser Val Gly Asn Leu Asn Asn Met Ar - #g Ala Thr Tyr Leu Glu    #   300    - ACC TTA TCC GTA AGC ACA ACC AGG GGA TTT GC - #C TCG GCA CTT GTC CCA     960    Thr Leu Ser Val Ser Thr Thr Arg Gly Phe Al - #a Ser Ala Leu Val Pro    305                 3 - #10                 3 - #15                 3 -    #20    - AAA GTG GTG ACA CGG GTC GGT TCT GTG ATA GA - #A GAA CTT GAC ACC TCA    1008    Lys Val Val Thr Arg Val Gly Ser Val Ile Gl - #u Glu Leu Asp Thr Ser    #               335    - TAC TGT ATA GAA ACT GAC TTA GAT TTA TAT TG - #T ACA AGA ATA GTA ACG    1056    Tyr Cys Ile Glu Thr Asp Leu Asp Leu Tyr Cy - #s Thr Arg Ile Val Thr    #           350    - TTC CCT ATG TCC CCT GGT ATT TAC TCC TGC TT - #G AGC GGC AAT ACA TCG    1104    Phe Pro Met Ser Pro Gly Ile Tyr Ser Cys Le - #u Ser Gly Asn Thr Ser    #       365    - GCC TGT ATG TAC TCA AAG ACC GAA GGC GCA CT - #T ACT ACA CCA TAT ATG    1152    Ala Cys Met Tyr Ser Lys Thr Glu Gly Ala Le - #u Thr Thr Pro Tyr Met    #   380    - ACT ATC AAA GGC TCA GTC ATC GCT AAC TGC AA - #G ATG ACA ACA TGT AGA    1200    Thr Ile Lys Gly Ser Val Ile Ala Asn Cys Ly - #s Met Thr Thr Cys Arg    385                 3 - #90                 3 - #95                 4 -    #00    - TGT GTA AAC CCC CCG GGT ATC ATA TCG CAA AA - #C TAT GGA GAA GCC GTG    1248    Cys Val Asn Pro Pro Gly Ile Ile Ser Gln As - #n Tyr Gly Glu Ala Val    #               415    - TCT CTA ATA GAT AAA CAA TCA TGC AAT GTT TT - #A TCC TTA GGC GGG ATA    1296    Ser Leu Ile Asp Lys Gln Ser Cys Asn Val Le - #u Ser Leu Gly Gly Ile    #            430    - ACT TTA AGG CTC AGT GGG GAA TTC GAT GTA AC - #T TAT CAG AAG AAT ATC    1344    Thr Leu Arg Leu Ser Gly Glu Phe Asp Val Th - #r Tyr Gln Lys Asn Ile    #       445    - TCA ATA CAA GAT TCT CAA GTA ATA ATA ACA GG - #C AAT CTT GAT ATC TCA    1392    Ser Ile Gln Asp Ser Gln Val Ile Ile Thr Gl - #y Asn Leu Asp Ile Ser    #   460    - ACT GAG CTT GGG AAT GTC AAC AAC TCG ATC AG - #T AAT GCC TTG AAT AAG    1440    Thr Glu Leu Gly Asn Val Asn Asn Ser Ile Se - #r Asn Ala Leu Asn Lys    465                 4 - #70                 4 - #75                 4 -    #80    - TTA GAG GAA AGC AAC AGA AAA CTA GAC AAA GT - #C AAT GTC AAA CTG ACC    1488    Leu Glu Glu Ser Asn Arg Lys Leu Asp Lys Va - #l Asn Val Lys Leu Thr    #               495    - AGC ACA TCT GCT CTC ATT ACC TAT ATC GTT TT - #G ACT ATC ATA TCT CTT    1536    Ser Thr Ser Ala Leu Ile Thr Tyr Ile Val Le - #u Thr Ile Ile Ser Leu    #           510    - GTT TTT GGT ATA CTT AGC CTG ATT CTA GCA TG - #C TAC CTA ATG TAC AAG    1584    Val Phe Gly Ile Leu Ser Leu Ile Leu Ala Cy - #s Tyr Leu Met Tyr Lys    #       525    - CAA AAG GCG CAA CAA AAG ACC TTA TTA TGG CT - #T GGG AAT AAT ACC CTA    1632    Gln Lys Ala Gln Gln Lys Thr Leu Leu Trp Le - #u Gly Asn Asn Thr Leu    #   540    #         1662     CC ACT ACA AAA ATG TGA    Asp Gln Met Arg Ala Thr Thr Lys Met    545                 5 - #50    - (2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO:13:    -      (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:    #acids    (A) LENGTH: 553 amino              (B) TYPE: amino acid              (D) TOPOLOGY: linear    -     (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: protein    -     (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO:13:    - Met Gly Ser Arg Pro Ser Thr Lys Asn Pro Al - #a Pro Met Met Leu Thr    #                 15    - Ile Arg Val Ala Leu Val Leu Ser Cys Ile Cy - #s Pro Ala Asn Ser Ile    #             30    - Asp Gly Arg Pro Leu Ala Ala Ala Gly Ile Va - #l Val Thr Gly Asp Lys    #         45    - Ala Val Asn Ile Tyr Thr Ser Ser Gln Thr Gl - #y Ser Ile Ile Val Lys    #     60    - Leu Leu Pro Asn Leu Pro Lys Asp Lys Glu Al - #a Cys Ala Lys Ala Pro    # 80    - Leu Asp Ala Tyr Asn Arg Thr Leu Thr Thr Le - #u Leu Thr Pro Leu Gly    #                 95    - Asp Ser Ile Arg Arg Ile Gln Glu Ser Val Th - #r Thr Ser Gly Gly Gly    #           110    - Arg Gln Gly Arg Leu Ile Gly Ala Ile Ile Gl - #y Gly Val Ala Leu Gly    #       125    - Val Ala Thr Ala Ala Gln Ile Thr Ala Ala Al - #a Ala Leu Ile Gln Ala    #   140    - Lys Gln Asn Ala Ala Asn Ile Leu Arg Leu Ly - #s Glu Ser Ile Ala Ala    145                 1 - #50                 1 - #55                 1 -    #60    - Thr Asn Glu Ala Val His Glu Val Thr Asp Gl - #y Leu Ser Gln Leu Ala    #               175    - Val Ala Val Gly Lys Met Gln Gln Phe Val As - #n Asp Gln Phe Asn Lys    #            190    - Thr Ala Gln Glu Leu Asp Cys Ile Lys Ile Al - #a Gln Gln Val Gly Val    #       205    - Glu Leu Asn Leu Tyr Leu Thr Glu Ser Thr Th - #r Val Phe Gly Pro Gln    #   220    - Ile Thr Ser Pro Ala Leu Asn Lys Leu Thr Il - #e Gln Ala Leu Tyr Asn    225                 2 - #30                 2 - #35                 2 -    #40    - Leu Ala Gly Gly Asn Met Asp Tyr Leu Leu Th - #r Lys Leu Gly Ile Gly    #               255    - Asn Asn Gln Leu Ser Ser Leu Ile Gly Ser Gl - #y Leu Ile Thr Gly Asn    #           270    - Pro Ile Leu Tyr Asp Ser Gln Thr Gln Leu Le - #u Gly Ile Gln Val Thr    #       285    - Leu Pro Ser Val Gly Asn Leu Asn Asn Met Ar - #g Ala Thr Tyr Leu Glu    #   300    - Thr Leu Ser Val Ser Thr Thr Arg Gly Phe Al - #a Ser Ala Leu Val Pro    305                 3 - #10                 3 - #15                 3 -    #20    - Lys Val Val Thr Arg Val Gly Ser Val Ile Gl - #u Glu Leu Asp Thr Ser    #               335    - Tyr Cys Ile Glu Thr Asp Leu Asp Leu Tyr Cy - #s Thr Arg Ile Val Thr    #           350    - Phe Pro Met Ser Pro Gly Ile Tyr Ser Cys Le - #u Ser Gly Asn Thr Ser    #       365    - Ala Cys Met Tyr Ser Lys Thr Glu Gly Ala Le - #u Thr Thr Pro Tyr Met    #   380    - Thr Ile Lys Gly Ser Val Ile Ala Asn Cys Ly - #s Met Thr Thr Cys Arg    385                 3 - #90                 3 - #95                 4 -    #00    - Cys Val Asn Pro Pro Gly Ile Ile Ser Gln As - #n Tyr Gly Glu Ala Val    #               415    - Ser Leu Ile Asp Lys Gln Ser Cys Asn Val Le - #u Ser Leu Gly Gly Ile    #           430    - Thr Leu Arg Leu Ser Gly Glu Phe Asp Val Th - #r Tyr Gln Lys Asn Ile    #       445    - Ser Ile Gln Asp Ser Gln Val Ile Ile Thr Gl - #y Asn Leu Asp Ile Ser    #    460    - Thr Glu Leu Gly Asn Val Asn Asn Ser Ile Se - #r Asn Ala Leu Asn Lys    465                 4 - #70                 4 - #75                 4 -    #80    - Leu Glu Glu Ser Asn Arg Lys Leu Asp Lys Va - #l Asn Val Lys Leu Thr    #               495    - Ser Thr Ser Ala Leu Ile Thr Tyr Ile Val Le - #u Thr Ile Ile Ser Leu    #           510    - Val Phe Gly Ile Leu Ser Leu Ile Leu Ala Cy - #s Tyr Leu Met Tyr Lys    #       525    - Gln Lys Ala Gln Gln Lys Thr Leu Leu Trp Le - #u Gly Asn Asn Thr Leu    #   540    - Asp Gln Met Arg Ala Thr Thr Lys Met    545                 5 - #50    - (2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO:14:    -      (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:    #pairs    (A) LENGTH: 3489 base              (B) TYPE: nucleic acid              (C) STRANDEDNESS: double              (D) TOPOLOGY: linear    -     (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: DNA (genomic)    -    (iii) HYPOTHETICAL: NO    -     (iv) ANTI-SENSE: NO    -     (ix) FEATURE:              (A) NAME/KEY: CDS              (B) LOCATION: 1..3489    -     (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO:14:    - ATG TTG GTA ACA CCT CTT TTA CTA GTG ACT CT - #T TTG TGT GTA CTA TGT      48    Met Leu Val Thr Pro Leu Leu Leu Val Thr Le - #u Leu Cys Val Leu Cys    #                 15    - AGT GCT GCT TTG TAT GAC AGT AGT TCT TAC GT - #T TAC TAC TAC CAA AGT      96    Ser Ala Ala Leu Tyr Asp Ser Ser Ser Tyr Va - #l Tyr Tyr Tyr Gln Ser    #             30    - GCC TTT AGA CCA CCT AAT GGT TGG CAT TTA CA - #C GGG GGT GCT TAT GCG     144    Ala Phe Arg Pro Pro Asn Gly Trp His Leu Hi - #s Gly Gly Ala Tyr Ala    #         45    - GTA GTT AAT ATT TCT AGC GAA TCT AAT AAT GC - #A GGC TCT TCA CCT GGG     192    Val Val Asn Ile Ser Ser Glu Ser Asn Asn Al - #a Gly Ser Ser Pro Gly    #     60    - TGT ATT GTT GGT ACT ATT CAT GGT GGT CGT GT - #T GTT AAT GCT TCT TCT     240    Cys Ile Val Gly Thr Ile His Gly Gly Arg Va - #l Val Asn Ala Ser Ser    # 80    - ATA GCT ATG ACG GCA CCG TCA TCA GGT ATG GC - #T TGG TCT AGC AGT CAG     288    Ile Ala Met Thr Ala Pro Ser Ser Gly Met Al - #a Trp Ser Ser Ser Gln    #                 95    - TTT TGT ACT GCA CAC TGT AAC TTT TCA GAT AC - #T ACA GTG TTT GTT ACA     336    Phe Cys Thr Ala His Cys Asn Phe Ser Asp Th - #r Thr Val Phe Val Thr    #           110    - CAT TGT TAT AAA TAT GAT GGG TGT CCT ATA AC - #T GGC ATG CTT CAA AAG     384    His Cys Tyr Lys Tyr Asp Gly Cys Pro Ile Th - #r Gly Met Leu Gln Lys    #       125    - AAT TTT TTA CGT GTT TCT GCT ATG AAA AAT GG - #C CAG CTT TTC TAT AAT     432    Asn Phe Leu Arg Val Ser Ala Met Lys Asn Gl - #y Gln Leu Phe Tyr Asn    #    140    - TTA ACA GTT AGT GTA GCT AAG TAC CCT ACT TT - #T AAA TCA TTT CAG TGT     480    Leu Thr Val Ser Val Ala Lys Tyr Pro Thr Ph - #e Lys Ser Phe Gln Cys    145                 1 - #50                 1 - #55                 1 -    #60    - GTT AAT AAT TTA ACA TCC GTA TAT TTA AAT GG - #T GAT CTT GTT TAC ACC     528    Val Asn Asn Leu Thr Ser Val Tyr Leu Asn Gl - #y Asp Leu Val Tyr Thr    #               175    - TCT AAT GAG ACC ACA GAT GTT ACA TCT GCA GG - #T GTT TAT TTT AAA GCT     576    Ser Asn Glu Thr Thr Asp Val Thr Ser Ala Gl - #y Val Tyr Phe Lys Ala    #           190    - GGT GGA CCT ATA ACT TAT AAA GTT ATG AGA AA - #A GTT AAA GCC CTG GCT     624    Gly Gly Pro Ile Thr Tyr Lys Val Met Arg Ly - #s Val Lys Ala Leu Ala    #       205    - TAT TTT GTT AAT GGT ACT GCA CAA GAT GTT AT - #T TTG TGT GAT GGA TCA     672    Tyr Phe Val Asn Gly Thr Ala Gln Asp Val Il - #e Leu Cys Asp Gly Ser    #   220    - CCT AGA GGC TTG TTA GCA TGC CAG TAT AAT AC - #T GGC AAT TTT TCA GAT     720    Pro Arg Gly Leu Leu Ala Cys Gln Tyr Asn Th - #r Gly Asn Phe Ser Asp    225                 2 - #30                 2 - #35                 2 -    #40    - GGC TTT TAT CCT TTT ATT AAT AGT AGT TTA GT - #T AAG CAG AAG TTT ATT     768    Gly Phe Tyr Pro Phe Ile Asn Ser Ser Leu Va - #l Lys Gln Lys Phe Ile    #               255    - GTC TAT CGT GAA AAT AGT GTT AAT ACT ACT TT - #T ACG TTA CAC AAT TTC     816    Val Tyr Arg Glu Asn Ser Val Asn Thr Thr Ph - #e Thr Leu His Asn Phe    #           270    - ACT TTT CAT AAT GAG ACT GGC GCC AAC CCT AA - #T CCT AGT GGT GTT CAG     864    Thr Phe His Asn Glu Thr Gly Ala Asn Pro As - #n Pro Ser Gly Val Gln    #       285    - AAT ATT CTA ACT TAC CAA ACA CAA ACA GCT CA - #G AGT GGT TAT TAT AAT     912    Asn Ile Leu Thr Tyr Gln Thr Gln Thr Ala Gl - #n Ser Gly Tyr Tyr Asn    #   300    - TTT AAT TTT TCC TTT CTG AGT AGT TTT GTT TA - #T AAG GAG TCT AAT TTT     960    Phe Asn Phe Ser Phe Leu Ser Ser Phe Val Ty - #r Lys Glu Ser Asn Phe    305                 3 - #10                 3 - #15                 3 -    #20    - ATG TAT GGA TCT TAT CAC CCA AGT TGT AAT TT - #T AGA CTA GAA ACT ATT    1008    Met Tyr Gly Ser Tyr His Pro Ser Cys Asn Ph - #e Arg Leu Glu Thr Ile    #               335    - AAT AAT GGC TTG TGG TTT AAT TCA CTT TCA GT - #T TCA ATT GCT TAC GGT    1056    Asn Asn Gly Leu Trp Phe Asn Ser Leu Ser Va - #l Ser Ile Ala Tyr Gly    #           350    - CCT CTT CAA GGT GGT TGC AAG CAA TCT GTC TT - #T AGT GGT AGA GCA ACT    1104    Pro Leu Gln Gly Gly Cys Lys Gln Ser Val Ph - #e Ser Gly Arg Ala Thr    #       365    - TGT TGT TAT GCT TAT TCA TAT GGA GGT CCT TC - #G CTG TGT AAA GGT GTT    1152    Cys Cys Tyr Ala Tyr Ser Tyr Gly Gly Pro Se - #r Leu Cys Lys Gly Val    #   380    - TAT TCA GGT GAG TTA GAT CTT AAT TTT GAA TG - #T GGA CTG TTA GTT TAT    1200    Tyr Ser Gly Glu Leu Asp Leu Asn Phe Glu Cy - #s Gly Leu Leu Val Tyr    385                 3 - #90                 3 - #95                 4 -    #00    - GTT ACT AAG AGC GGT GGC TCT CGT ATA CAA AC - #A GCC ACT GAA CCG CCA    1248    Val Thr Lys Ser Gly Gly Ser Arg Ile Gln Th - #r Ala Thr Glu Pro Pro    #               415    - GTT ATA ACT CGA CAC AAT TAT AAT AAT ATT AC - #T TTA AAT ACT TGT GTT    1296    Val Ile Thr Arg His Asn Tyr Asn Asn Ile Th - #r Leu Asn Thr Cys Val    #           430    - GAT TAT AAT ATA TAT GGC AGA ACT GGC CAA GG - #T TTT ATT ACT AAT GTA    1344    Asp Tyr Asn Ile Tyr Gly Arg Thr Gly Gln Gl - #y Phe Ile Thr Asn Val    #       445    - ACC GAC TCA GCT GTT AGT TAT AAT TAT CTA GC - #A GAC GCA GGT TTG GCT    1392    Thr Asp Ser Ala Val Ser Tyr Asn Tyr Leu Al - #a Asp Ala Gly Leu Ala    #   460    - ATT TTA GAT ACA TCT GGT TCC ATA GAC ATC TT - #T GTT GTA CAA GGT GAA    1440    Ile Leu Asp Thr Ser Gly Ser Ile Asp Ile Ph - #e Val Val Gln Gly Glu    465                 4 - #70                 4 - #75                 4 -    #80    - TAT GGT CTT ACT TAT TAT AAG GTT AAC CCT TG - #C GAA GAT GTC AAC CAG    1488    Tyr Gly Leu Thr Tyr Tyr Lys Val Asn Pro Cy - #s Glu Asp Val Asn Gln    #               495    - CAG TTT GTA GTT TCT GGT GGT AAA TTA GTA GG - #T ATT CTT ACT TCA CGT    1536    Gln Phe Val Val Ser Gly Gly Lys Leu Val Gl - #y Ile Leu Thr Ser Arg    #           510    - AAT GAG ACT GGT TCT CAG CTT CTT GAG AAC CA - #G TTT TAC ATT AAA ATC    1584    Asn Glu Thr Gly Ser Gln Leu Leu Glu Asn Gl - #n Phe Tyr Ile Lys Ile    #       525    - ACT AAT GGA ACA CGT CGT TTT AGA CGT TCT AT - #T ACT GAA AAT GTT GCA    1632    Thr Asn Gly Thr Arg Arg Phe Arg Arg Ser Il - #e Thr Glu Asn Val Ala    #   540    - AAT TGC CCT TAT GTT AGT TAT GGT AAG TTT TG - #T ATA AAA CCT GAT GGT    1680    Asn Cys Pro Tyr Val Ser Tyr Gly Lys Phe Cy - #s Ile Lys Pro Asp Gly    545                 5 - #50                 5 - #55                 5 -    #60    - TCA ATT GCC ACA ATA GTA CCA AAA CAA TTG GA - #A CAG TTT GTG GCA CCT    1728    Ser Ile Ala Thr Ile Val Pro Lys Gln Leu Gl - #u Gln Phe Val Ala Pro    #               575    - TTA CTT AAT GTT ACT GAA AAT GTG CTC ATA CC - #T AAC AGT TTT AAT TTA    1776    Leu Leu Asn Val Thr Glu Asn Val Leu Ile Pr - #o Asn Ser Phe Asn Leu    #           590    - ACT GTT ACA GAT GAG TAC ATA CAA ACG CGT AT - #G GAT AAG GTC CAA ATT    1824    Thr Val Thr Asp Glu Tyr Ile Gln Thr Arg Me - #t Asp Lys Val Gln Ile    #       605    - AAT TGT CTG CAG TAT GTT TGT GGC AAT TCT CT - #G GAT TGT AGA GAT TTG    1872    Asn Cys Leu Gln Tyr Val Cys Gly Asn Ser Le - #u Asp Cys Arg Asp Leu    #   620    - TTT CAA CAA TAT GGG CCT GTT TGT GAC AAC AT - #A TTG TCT GTA GTA AAT    1920    Phe Gln Gln Tyr Gly Pro Val Cys Asp Asn Il - #e Leu Ser Val Val Asn    625                 6 - #30                 6 - #35                 6 -    #40    - AGT ATT GGT CAA AAA GAA GAT ATG GAA CTT TT - #G AAT TTC TAT TCT TCT    1968    Ser Ile Gly Gln Lys Glu Asp Met Glu Leu Le - #u Asn Phe Tyr Ser Ser    #               655    - ACT AAA CCG GCT GGT TTT AAT ACA CCA TTT CT - #T AGT AAT GTT AGC ACT    2016    Thr Lys Pro Ala Gly Phe Asn Thr Pro Phe Le - #u Ser Asn Val Ser Thr    #           670    - GGT GAG TTT AAT ATT TCT CTT CTG TTA ACA AC - #T CCT AGT AGT CCT AGA    2064    Gly Glu Phe Asn Ile Ser Leu Leu Leu Thr Th - #r Pro Ser Ser Pro Arg    #       685    - AGG CGT TCT TTT ATT GAA GAC CTT CTA TTT AC - #A AGC GTT GAA TCT GTT    2112    Arg Arg Ser Phe Ile Glu Asp Leu Leu Phe Th - #r Ser Val Glu Ser Val    #   700    - GGA TTA CCA ACA GAT GAC GCA TAC AAA AAT TG - #C ACT GCA GGA CCT TTA    2160    Gly Leu Pro Thr Asp Asp Ala Tyr Lys Asn Cy - #s Thr Ala Gly Pro Leu    705                 7 - #10                 7 - #15                 7 -    #20    - GGT TTT CTT AAG GAC CTT GCG TGT GCT CGT GA - #A TAT AAT GGT TTG CTT    2208    Gly Phe Leu Lys Asp Leu Ala Cys Ala Arg Gl - #u Tyr Asn Gly Leu Leu    #                735    - GTG TTG CCT CCC ATT ATA ACA GCA GAA ATG CA - #A ACT TTG TAT ACT AGT    2256    Val Leu Pro Pro Ile Ile Thr Ala Glu Met Gl - #n Thr Leu Tyr Thr Ser    #           750    - TCT CTA GTA GCT TCT ATG GCT TTT GGT GGT AT - #T ACT GCA GCT GGT GCT    2304    Ser Leu Val Ala Ser Met Ala Phe Gly Gly Il - #e Thr Ala Ala Gly Ala    #       765    - ATA CCT TTT GCC ACA CAA CTG CAG GCT AGA AT - #T AAT CAC TTG GGT ATT    2352    Ile Pro Phe Ala Thr Gln Leu Gln Ala Arg Il - #e Asn His Leu Gly Ile    #   780    - ACC CAG TCA CTT TTG TTG AAG AAT CAA GAA AA - #A ATT GCT GCT TCC TTT    2400    Thr Gln Ser Leu Leu Leu Lys Asn Gln Glu Ly - #s Ile Ala Ala Ser Phe    785                 7 - #90                 7 - #95                 8 -    #00    - AAT AAG GCC ATT GGT CGT ATG CAG GAA GGT TT - #T AGA AGT ACA TCT CTA    2448    Asn Lys Ala Ile Gly Arg Met Gln Glu Gly Ph - #e Arg Ser Thr Ser Leu    #               815    - GCA TTA CAA CAA ATT CAA GAT GTT GTT AAT AA - #G CAG AGT GCT ATT CTT    2496    Ala Leu Gln Gln Ile Gln Asp Val Val Asn Ly - #s Gln Ser Ala Ile Leu    #           830    - ACT GAG ACT ATG GCA TCA CTT AAT AAA AAT TT - #T GGT GCT ATT TCT TCT    2544    Thr Glu Thr Met Ala Ser Leu Asn Lys Asn Ph - #e Gly Ala Ile Ser Ser    #       845    - GTG ATT CAA GAA ATC TAC CAG CAA CTT GAC GC - #C ATA CAA GCA AAT GCT    2592    Val Ile Gln Glu Ile Tyr Gln Gln Leu Asp Al - #a Ile Gln Ala Asn Ala    #   860    - CAA GTG GAT CGT CTT ATA ACT GGT AGA TTG TC - #A TCA CTT TCT GTT TTA    2640    Gln Val Asp Arg Leu Ile Thr Gly Arg Leu Se - #r Ser Leu Ser Val Leu    865                 8 - #70                 8 - #75                 8 -    #80    - GCA TCT GCT AAG CAG GCG GAG CAT ATT AGA GT - #G TCA CAA CAG CGT GAG    2688    Ala Ser Ala Lys Gln Ala Glu His Ile Arg Va - #l Ser Gln Gln Arg Glu    #               895    - TTA GCT ACT CAG AAA ATT AAT GAG TGT GTT AA - #G TCA CAG TCT ATT AGG    2736    Leu Ala Thr Gln Lys Ile Asn Glu Cys Val Ly - #s Ser Gln Ser Ile Arg    #           910    - TAC TCC TTT TGT GGT AAT GGA CGA CAT GTT CT - #A ACC ATA CCG CAA AAT    2784    Tyr Ser Phe Cys Gly Asn Gly Arg His Val Le - #u Thr Ile Pro Gln Asn    #       925    - GCA CCT AAT GGT ATA GTG TTT ATA CAC TTT TC - #T TAT ACT CCA GAT AGT    2832    Ala Pro Asn Gly Ile Val Phe Ile His Phe Se - #r Tyr Thr Pro Asp Ser    #   940    - TTT GTT AAT GTT ACT GCA ATA GTG GGT TTT TG - #T GTA AAG CCA GCT AAT    2880    Phe Val Asn Val Thr Ala Ile Val Gly Phe Cy - #s Val Lys Pro Ala Asn    945                 9 - #50                 9 - #55                 9 -    #60    - GCT AGT CAG TAT GCA ATA GTA CCC GCT AAT GG - #T AGG GGT ATT TTT ATA    2928    Ala Ser Gln Tyr Ala Ile Val Pro Ala Asn Gl - #y Arg Gly Ile Phe Ile    #               975    - CAA GTT AAT GGT AGT TAC TAC ATC ACA GCA CG - #A GAT ATG TAT ATG CCA    2976    Gln Val Asn Gly Ser Tyr Tyr Ile Thr Ala Ar - #g Asp Met Tyr Met Pro    #           990    - AGA GCT ATT ACT GCA GGA GAT ATA GTT ACG CT - #T ACT TCT TGT CAA GCA    3024    Arg Ala Ile Thr Ala Gly Asp Ile Val Thr Le - #u Thr Ser Cys Gln Ala    #      10050    - AAT TAT GTA AGT GTA AAT AAG ACC GTC ATT AC - #T ACA TTC GTA GAC AAT    3072    Asn Tyr Val Ser Val Asn Lys Thr Val Ile Th - #r Thr Phe Val Asp Asn    #  10205    - GAT GAT TTT GAT TTT AAT GAC GAA TTG TCA AA - #A TGG TGG AAT GAC ACT    3120    Asp Asp Phe Asp Phe Asn Asp Glu Leu Ser Ly - #s Trp Trp Asn Asp Thr    #               10401030 - #                1035    - AAG CAT GAG CTA CCA GAC TTT GAC AAA TTC AA - #T TAC ACA GTA CCT ATA    3168    Lys His Glu Leu Pro Asp Phe Asp Lys Phe As - #n Tyr Thr Val Pro Ile    #              10550    - CTT GAC ATT GAT AGT GAA ATT GAT CGT ATT CA - #A GGC GTT ATA CAG GGT    3216    Leu Asp Ile Asp Ser Glu Ile Asp Arg Ile Gl - #n Gly Val Ile Gln Gly    #          10705    - CTT AAT GAC TCT TTA ATA GAC CTT GAA AAA CT - #T TCA ATA CTC AAA ACT    3264    Leu Asn Asp Ser Leu Ile Asp Leu Glu Lys Le - #u Ser Ile Leu Lys Thr    #       10850    - TAT ATT AAG TGG CCT TGG TAT GTG TGG TTA GC - #C ATA GCT TTT GCC ACT    3312    Tyr Ile Lys Trp Pro Trp Tyr Val Trp Leu Al - #a Ile Ala Phe Ala Thr    #  11005    - ATT ATC TTC ATC TTA ATA CTA GGA TGG GTT TT - #C TTC ATG ACT GGA TGT    3360    Ile Ile Phe Ile Leu Ile Leu Gly Trp Val Ph - #e Phe Met Thr Gly Cys    #               11201110 - #                1115    - TGT GGT TGT TGT TGT GGA TGC TTT GGC ATT AT - #G CCT CTA ATG AGT AAG    3408    Cys Gly Cys Cys Cys Gly Cys Phe Gly Ile Me - #t Pro Leu Met Ser Lys    #              11350    - TGT GGT AAG AAA TCT TCT TAT TAC ACG ACT TT - #T GAT AAC GAT GTG GTA    3456    Cys Gly Lys Lys Ser Ser Tyr Tyr Thr Thr Ph - #e Asp Asn Asp Val Val    #          11505    #       3489A AAC AGA CCT AAA AAG TCT GTT TA - #A    Thr Glu Gln Asn Arg Pro Lys Lys Ser Val    #       1160    - (2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO:15:    -      (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:    #acids    (A) LENGTH: 1162 amino              (B) TYPE: amino acid              (D) TOPOLOGY: linear    -     (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: protein    -     (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO:15:    - Met Leu Val Thr Pro Leu Leu Leu Val Thr Le - #u Leu Cys Val Leu Cys    #                 15    - Ser Ala Ala Leu Tyr Asp Ser Ser Ser Tyr Va - #l Tyr Tyr Tyr Gln Ser    #              30    - Ala Phe Arg Pro Pro Asn Gly Trp His Leu Hi - #s Gly Gly Ala Tyr Ala    #         45    - Val Val Asn Ile Ser Ser Glu Ser Asn Asn Al - #a Gly Ser Ser Pro Gly    #     60    - Cys Ile Val Gly Thr Ile His Gly Gly Arg Va - #l Val Asn Ala Ser Ser    # 80    - Ile Ala Met Thr Ala Pro Ser Ser Gly Met Al - #a Trp Ser Ser Ser Gln    #                 95    - Phe Cys Thr Ala His Cys Asn Phe Ser Asp Th - #r Thr Val Phe Val Thr    #           110    - His Cys Tyr Lys Tyr Asp Gly Cys Pro Ile Th - #r Gly Met Leu Gln Lys    #       125    - Asn Phe Leu Arg Val Ser Ala Met Lys Asn Gl - #y Gln Leu Phe Tyr Asn    #   140    - Leu Thr Val Ser Val Ala Lys Tyr Pro Thr Ph - #e Lys Ser Phe Gln Cys    145                 1 - #50                 1 - #55                 1 -    #60    - Val Asn Asn Leu Thr Ser Val Tyr Leu Asn Gl - #y Asp Leu Val Tyr Thr    #               175    - Ser Asn Glu Thr Thr Asp Val Thr Ser Ala Gl - #y Val Tyr Phe Lys Ala    #           190    - Gly Gly Pro Ile Thr Tyr Lys Val Met Arg Ly - #s Val Lys Ala Leu Ala    #       205    - Tyr Phe Val Asn Gly Thr Ala Gln Asp Val Il - #e Leu Cys Asp Gly Ser    #   220    - Pro Arg Gly Leu Leu Ala Cys Gln Tyr Asn Th - #r Gly Asn Phe Ser Asp    225                 2 - #30                 2 - #35                 2 -    #40    - Gly Phe Tyr Pro Phe Ile Asn Ser Ser Leu Va - #l Lys Gln Lys Phe Ile    #               255    - Val Tyr Arg Glu Asn Ser Val Asn Thr Thr Ph - #e Thr Leu His Asn Phe    #           270    - Thr Phe His Asn Glu Thr Gly Ala Asn Pro As - #n Pro Ser Gly Val Gln    #       285    - Asn Ile Leu Thr Tyr Gln Thr Gln Thr Ala Gl - #n Ser Gly Tyr Tyr Asn    #    300    - Phe Asn Phe Ser Phe Leu Ser Ser Phe Val Ty - #r Lys Glu Ser Asn Phe    305                 3 - #10                 3 - #15                 3 -    #20    - Met Tyr Gly Ser Tyr His Pro Ser Cys Asn Ph - #e Arg Leu Glu Thr Ile    #               335    - Asn Asn Gly Leu Trp Phe Asn Ser Leu Ser Va - #l Ser Ile Ala Tyr Gly    #           350    - Pro Leu Gln Gly Gly Cys Lys Gln Ser Val Ph - #e Ser Gly Arg Ala Thr    #       365    - Cys Cys Tyr Ala Tyr Ser Tyr Gly Gly Pro Se - #r Leu Cys Lys Gly Val    #   380    - Tyr Ser Gly Glu Leu Asp Leu Asn Phe Glu Cy - #s Gly Leu Leu Val Tyr    385                 3 - #90                 3 - #95                 4 -    #00    - Val Thr Lys Ser Gly Gly Ser Arg Ile Gln Th - #r Ala Thr Glu Pro Pro    #               415    - Val Ile Thr Arg His Asn Tyr Asn Asn Ile Th - #r Leu Asn Thr Cys Val    #           430    - Asp Tyr Asn Ile Tyr Gly Arg Thr Gly Gln Gl - #y Phe Ile Thr Asn Val    #       445    - Thr Asp Ser Ala Val Ser Tyr Asn Tyr Leu Al - #a Asp Ala Gly Leu Ala    #   460    - Ile Leu Asp Thr Ser Gly Ser Ile Asp Ile Ph - #e Val Val Gln Gly Glu    465                 4 - #70                 4 - #75                 4 -    #80    - Tyr Gly Leu Thr Tyr Tyr Lys Val Asn Pro Cy - #s Glu Asp Val Asn Gln    #               495    - Gln Phe Val Val Ser Gly Gly Lys Leu Val Gl - #y Ile Leu Thr Ser Arg    #           510    - Asn Glu Thr Gly Ser Gln Leu Leu Glu Asn Gl - #n Phe Tyr Ile Lys Ile    #       525    - Thr Asn Gly Thr Arg Arg Phe Arg Arg Ser Il - #e Thr Glu Asn Val Ala    #   540    - Asn Cys Pro Tyr Val Ser Tyr Gly Lys Phe Cy - #s Ile Lys Pro Asp Gly    545                 5 - #50                 5 - #55                 5 -    #60    - Ser Ile Ala Thr Ile Val Pro Lys Gln Leu Gl - #u Gln Phe Val Ala Pro    #                575    - Leu Leu Asn Val Thr Glu Asn Val Leu Ile Pr - #o Asn Ser Phe Asn Leu    #           590    - Thr Val Thr Asp Glu Tyr Ile Gln Thr Arg Me - #t Asp Lys Val Gln Ile    #       605    - Asn Cys Leu Gln Tyr Val Cys Gly Asn Ser Le - #u Asp Cys Arg Asp Leu    #   620    - Phe Gln Gln Tyr Gly Pro Val Cys Asp Asn Il - #e Leu Ser Val Val Asn    625                 6 - #30                 6 - #35                 6 -    #40    - Ser Ile Gly Gln Lys Glu Asp Met Glu Leu Le - #u Asn Phe Tyr Ser Ser    #               655    - Thr Lys Pro Ala Gly Phe Asn Thr Pro Phe Le - #u Ser Asn Val Ser Thr    #           670    - Gly Glu Phe Asn Ile Ser Leu Leu Leu Thr Th - #r Pro Ser Ser Pro Arg    #       685    - Arg Arg Ser Phe Ile Glu Asp Leu Leu Phe Th - #r Ser Val Glu Ser Val    #   700    - Gly Leu Pro Thr Asp Asp Ala Tyr Lys Asn Cy - #s Thr Ala Gly Pro Leu    705                 7 - #10                 7 - #15                 7 -    #20    - Gly Phe Leu Lys Asp Leu Ala Cys Ala Arg Gl - #u Tyr Asn Gly Leu Leu    #               735    - Val Leu Pro Pro Ile Ile Thr Ala Glu Met Gl - #n Thr Leu Tyr Thr Ser    #           750    - Ser Leu Val Ala Ser Met Ala Phe Gly Gly Il - #e Thr Ala Ala Gly Ala    #       765    - Ile Pro Phe Ala Thr Gln Leu Gln Ala Arg Il - #e Asn His Leu Gly Ile    #   780    - Thr Gln Ser Leu Leu Leu Lys Asn Gln Glu Ly - #s Ile Ala Ala Ser Phe    785                 7 - #90                 7 - #95                 8 -    #00    - Asn Lys Ala Ile Gly Arg Met Gln Glu Gly Ph - #e Arg Ser Thr Ser Leu    #               815    - Ala Leu Gln Gln Ile Gln Asp Val Val Asn Ly - #s Gln Ser Ala Ile Leu    #           830    - Thr Glu Thr Met Ala Ser Leu Asn Lys Asn Ph - #e Gly Ala Ile Ser Ser    #        845    - Val Ile Gln Glu Ile Tyr Gln Gln Leu Asp Al - #a Ile Gln Ala Asn Ala    #   860    - Gln Val Asp Arg Leu Ile Thr Gly Arg Leu Se - #r Ser Leu Ser Val Leu    865                 8 - #70                 8 - #75                 8 -    #80    - Ala Ser Ala Lys Gln Ala Glu His Ile Arg Va - #l Ser Gln Gln Arg Glu    #               895    - Leu Ala Thr Gln Lys Ile Asn Glu Cys Val Ly - #s Ser Gln Ser Ile Arg    #           910    - Tyr Ser Phe Cys Gly Asn Gly Arg His Val Le - #u Thr Ile Pro Gln Asn    #       925    - Ala Pro Asn Gly Ile Val Phe Ile His Phe Se - #r Tyr Thr Pro Asp Ser    #   940    - Phe Val Asn Val Thr Ala Ile Val Gly Phe Cy - #s Val Lys Pro Ala Asn    945                 9 - #50                 9 - #55                 9 -    #60    - Ala Ser Gln Tyr Ala Ile Val Pro Ala Asn Gl - #y Arg Gly Ile Phe Ile    #               975    - Gln Val Asn Gly Ser Tyr Tyr Ile Thr Ala Ar - #g Asp Met Tyr Met Pro    #           990    - Arg Ala Ile Thr Ala Gly Asp Ile Val Thr Le - #u Thr Ser Cys Gln Ala    #      10050    - Asn Tyr Val Ser Val Asn Lys Thr Val Ile Th - #r Thr Phe Val Asp Asn    #  10205    - Asp Asp Phe Asp Phe Asn Asp Glu Leu Ser Ly - #s Trp Trp Asn Asp Thr    #               10401030 - #                1035    - Lys His Glu Leu Pro Asp Phe Asp Lys Phe As - #n Tyr Thr Val Pro Ile    #              10550    - Leu Asp Ile Asp Ser Glu Ile Asp Arg Ile Gl - #n Gly Val Ile Gln Gly    #          10705    - Leu Asn Asp Ser Leu Ile Asp Leu Glu Lys Le - #u Ser Ile Leu Lys Thr    #      10850    - Tyr Ile Lys Trp Pro Trp Tyr Val Trp Leu Al - #a Ile Ala Phe Ala Thr    #  11005    - Ile Ile Phe Ile Leu Ile Leu Gly Trp Val Ph - #e Phe Met Thr Gly Cys    #1110                111 - #5                1120    - Cys Gly Cys Cys Cys Gly Cys Phe Gly Ile Me - #t Pro Leu Met Ser Lys    #              11350    - Cys Gly Lys Lys Ser Ser Tyr Tyr Thr Thr Ph - #e Asp Asn Asp Val Val    #          11505    - Thr Glu Gln Asn Arg Pro Lys Lys Ser Val    #       1160    - (2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO:16:    -      (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:    #pairs    (A) LENGTH: 1846 base              (B) TYPE: nucleic acid              (C) STRANDEDNESS: double              (D) TOPOLOGY: linear    -     (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: DNA (genomic)    -    (iii) HYPOTHETICAL: NO    -     (iv) ANTI-SENSE: NO    -     (ix) FEATURE:              (A) NAME/KEY: CDS              (B) LOCATION: 1..1846    -     (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO:16:    - ATG TTG GTG AAG TCA CTG TTT CTA GTG ACC AT - #T TTG TTT GCA CTA TGT      48    Met Leu Val Lys Ser Leu Phe Leu Val Thr Il - #e Leu Phe Ala Leu Cys    #                 15    - AGT GCT AAT TTA TAT GAC AAC GAA TCT TTT GT - #G TAT TAC TAC CAG AGT      96    Ser Ala Asn Leu Tyr Asp Asn Glu Ser Phe Va - #l Tyr Tyr Tyr Gln Ser    #             30    - GCT TTT AGG CCA GGA CAT GGT TGG CAT TTA CA - #T GGA GGT GCT TAT GCA     144    Ala Phe Arg Pro Gly His Gly Trp His Leu Hi - #s Gly Gly Ala Tyr Ala    #         45    - GTA GTT AAT GTG TCT AGT GAA AAT AAT AAT GC - #A GGT ACT GCC CCA AGT     192    Val Val Asn Val Ser Ser Glu Asn Asn Asn Al - #a Gly Thr Ala Pro Ser    #     60    - TGC ACT GCT GGT GCT ATT GGC TAC AGT AAG AA - #T TTC AGT GCG GCC TCA     240    Cys Thr Ala Gly Ala Ile Gly Tyr Ser Lys As - #n Phe Ser Ala Ala Ser    # 80    - GTA GCC ATG ACT GCA CCA CTA AGT GGT ATG TC - #A TGG TCT GCC TCA TCT     288    Val Ala Met Thr Ala Pro Leu Ser Gly Met Se - #r Trp Ser Ala Ser Ser    #                 95    - TTT TGT ACA GCT CAC TGT AAT TTT ACT TCT TA - #T ATA GTG TTT GTT ACA     336    Phe Cys Thr Ala His Cys Asn Phe Thr Ser Ty - #r Ile Val Phe Val Thr    #           110    - CAT TGT TTT AAG AGC GGA TCT AAT AGT TGT CC - #T TTG ACA GGT CTT ATT     384    His Cys Phe Lys Ser Gly Ser Asn Ser Cys Pr - #o Leu Thr Gly Leu Ile    #       125    - CCA AGC GGT TAT ATT CGT ATT GCT GCT ATG AA - #A CAT GGA AGT CGT ACG     432    Pro Ser Gly Tyr Ile Arg Ile Ala Ala Met Ly - #s His Gly Ser Arg Thr    #   140    - CCT GGT CAC TTA TTT TAT AAC TTA ACA GTT TC - #T GTG ACT AAA TAT CCT     480    Pro Gly His Leu Phe Tyr Asn Leu Thr Val Se - #r Val Thr Lys Tyr Pro    145                 1 - #50                 1 - #55                 1 -    #60    - AAG TTT AGA TCG CTA CAA TGT GTT AAT AAT CA - #T ACT TCT GTA TAT TTA     528    Lys Phe Arg Ser Leu Gln Cys Val Asn Asn Hi - #s Thr Ser Val Tyr Leu    #               175    - AAT GGT GAC CTT GTT TTC ACA TCT AAC TAT AC - #T GAA GAT GTT GTA GCT     576    Asn Gly Asp Leu Val Phe Thr Ser Asn Tyr Th - #r Glu Asp Val Val Ala    #           190    - GCA GGT GTC CAT TTT AAA AGT GGT GGA CCT AT - #A ACT TAT AAA GTT ATG     624    Ala Gly Val His Phe Lys Ser Gly Gly Pro Il - #e Thr Tyr Lys Val Met    #       205    - AGA GAG GTT AAA GCC TTG GCT TAT TTT GTC AA - #T GGT ACT GCA CAT GAT     672    Arg Glu Val Lys Ala Leu Ala Tyr Phe Val As - #n Gly Thr Ala His Asp    #   220    - GTC ATT CTA TGT GAT GAC ACA CCT AGA GGT TT - #G TTA GCA TGC CAA TAT     720    Val Ile Leu Cys Asp Asp Thr Pro Arg Gly Le - #u Leu Ala Cys Gln Tyr    225                 2 - #30                 2 - #35                 2 -    #40    - AAT ACT GGC AAT TTT TCA GAT GGC TTC TAT CC - #T TTT ACT AAT ACT AGT     768    Asn Thr Gly Asn Phe Ser Asp Gly Phe Tyr Pr - #o Phe Thr Asn Thr Ser    #               255    - ATT GTT AAG GAT AAG TTT ATT GTT TAT CGT GA - #A AGT AGT GTC AAT ACT     816    Ile Val Lys Asp Lys Phe Ile Val Tyr Arg Gl - #u Ser Ser Val Asn Thr    #           270    - ACT TTG ACA TTA ACT AAT TTC ACG TTT AGT AA - #T GAA AGT GGT GCC CCT     864    Thr Leu Thr Leu Thr Asn Phe Thr Phe Ser As - #n Glu Ser Gly Ala Pro    #       285    - CCT AAT ACA GGT GGT GTT GAC AGT TTT ATT TT - #A TAC CAG ACA CAA ACA     912    Pro Asn Thr Gly Gly Val Asp Ser Phe Ile Le - #u Tyr Gln Thr Gln Thr    #   300    - GCT CAG AGT GGT TAT TAT AAT TTT AAT TTT TC - #A TTT CTG AGT AGT TTT     960    Ala Gln Ser Gly Tyr Tyr Asn Phe Asn Phe Se - #r Phe Leu Ser Ser Phe    305                 3 - #10                 3 - #15                 3 -    #20    - GTT TAT AGG GAA AGT AAT TAT ATG TAT GGA TC - #T TAC CAT CCG GCT TGT    1008    Val Tyr Arg Glu Ser Asn Tyr Met Tyr Gly Se - #r Tyr His Pro Ala Cys    #               335    - AGT TTT AGA CCT GAA ACC CTT AAT GGT TTG TG - #G TCT AAT TCC CTT TCT    1056    Ser Phe Arg Pro Glu Thr Leu Asn Gly Leu Tr - #p Ser Asn Ser Leu Ser    #           350    - GTT TCA TTA ATA TAC GGT CCC ATT CAA GGT GG - #T TGT AAG CAA TCT GTA    1104    Val Ser Leu Ile Tyr Gly Pro Ile Gln Gly Gl - #y Cys Lys Gln Ser Val    #       365    - TTT AAT GGT AAA GCA ACT TGT TGT TAT GCT TA - #T TCA TAC GGA GGA CCT    1152    Phe Asn Gly Lys Ala Thr Cys Cys Tyr Ala Ty - #r Ser Tyr Gly Gly Pro    #   380    - CGT GCT TGT AAA GGT GTC TAT AGA GGT GAG CT - #A ACA CAG CAT TTT GAA    1200    Arg Ala Cys Lys Gly Val Tyr Arg Gly Glu Le - #u Thr Gln His Phe Glu    #400    - TGT GGT TTG TTA GTT TAT GTT ACT AAG AGC GA - #T GGC TCC CGT ATA CAA    1248    Cys Gly Leu Leu Val Tyr Val Thr Lys Ser As - #p Gly Ser Arg Ile Gln    #               415    - ACT GCA ACA CAA CCA CCT GTA TTA ACC CAA AA - #T TTT TAT AAT AAC ATC    1296    Thr Ala Thr Gln Pro Pro Val Leu Thr Gln As - #n Phe Tyr Asn Asn Ile    #           430    - ACT TTA GGT AAG TGT GTT GAT TAT AAT GTT TA - #T GGT AGA ACT GGA CAA    1344    Thr Leu Gly Lys Cys Val Asp Tyr Asn Val Ty - #r Gly Arg Thr Gly Gln    #       445    - GGT TTT ATT ACT AAT GTA ACT GAT TTA GCT AC - #T TCC CAT AAT TAC TTA    1392    Gly Phe Ile Thr Asn Val Thr Asp Leu Ala Th - #r Ser His Asn Tyr Leu    #   460    - GCG GAG GGA GGA TTA GCT ATT TTA GAT ACA TC - #T GGT GCC ATA GAC ATC    1440    Ala Glu Gly Gly Leu Ala Ile Leu Asp Thr Se - #r Gly Ala Ile Asp Ile    465                 4 - #70                 4 - #75                 4 -    #80    - TTC GTT GTA CAA GGT GAA TAT GGC CCT AAC TA - #C TAT AAG GTT AAT CTA    1488    Phe Val Val Gln Gly Glu Tyr Gly Pro Asn Ty - #r Tyr Lys Val Asn Leu    #               495    - TGT GAA GAT GTT AAC CAA CAG TTT GTA GTT TC - #T GGT GGT AAA TTA GTA    1536    Cys Glu Asp Val Asn Gln Gln Phe Val Val Se - #r Gly Gly Lys Leu Val    #           510    - GGT ATT CTC ACT TCA CGT AAT GAA ACT GGT TC - #T CAG CCT CTT GAA AAC    1584    Gly Ile Leu Thr Ser Arg Asn Glu Thr Gly Se - #r Gln Pro Leu Glu Asn    #       525    - CAG TTT TAC ATT AAG ATC ACT AAT GGA ACA CA - #T CGT TCT AGA CGT TCT    1632    Gln Phe Tyr Ile Lys Ile Thr Asn Gly Thr Hi - #s Arg Ser Arg Arg Ser    #   540    - GTT AAT GAA AAT GTT ACG AAT TGC CCT TAT GT - #T AGT TAT GGC AAG TTT    1680    Val Asn Glu Asn Val Thr Asn Cys Pro Tyr Va - #l Ser Tyr Gly Lys Phe    545                 5 - #50                 5 - #55                 5 -    #60    - TGT ATA AAA CCT GAT GGT TCA GTT TCT CCT AT - #A GTA CCA AAA GAA CTT    1728    Cys Ile Lys Pro Asp Gly Ser Val Ser Pro Il - #e Val Pro Lys Glu Leu    #               575    - GAA CAG TTT GTG GCA CCT TTA CTT AAT GTT AC - #T GAA AAT GTG CTC ATA    1776    Glu Gln Phe Val Ala Pro Leu Leu Asn Val Th - #r Glu Asn Val Leu Ile    #           590    - CCT AAC AGT TTT AAC TTA ACT GTT ACA GAT GA - #G TAC ATA CAA ACG CGT    1824    Pro Asn Ser Phe Asn Leu Thr Val Thr Asp Gl - #u Tyr Ile Gln Thr Arg    #       605    #               1846A ATT AGG A    Met Asp Lys Val Gln Ile Arg    #   615    - (2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO:17:    -      (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:    #acids    (A) LENGTH: 615 amino              (B) TYPE: amino acid              (D) TOPOLOGY: linear    -     (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: protein    -     (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO:17:    - Met Leu Val Lys Ser Leu Phe Leu Val Thr Il - #e Leu Phe Ala Leu Cys    #                 15    - Ser Ala Asn Leu Tyr Asp Asn Glu Ser Phe Va - #l Tyr Tyr Tyr Gln Ser    #             30    - Ala Phe Arg Pro Gly His Gly Trp His Leu Hi - #s Gly Gly Ala Tyr Ala    #         45    - Val Val Asn Val Ser Ser Glu Asn Asn Asn Al - #a Gly Thr Ala Pro Ser    #     60    - Cys Thr Ala Gly Ala Ile Gly Tyr Ser Lys As - #n Phe Ser Ala Ala Ser    # 80    - Val Ala Met Thr Ala Pro Leu Ser Gly Met Se - #r Trp Ser Ala Ser Ser    #                 95    - Phe Cys Thr Ala His Cys Asn Phe Thr Ser Ty - #r Ile Val Phe Val Thr    #           110    - His Cys Phe Lys Ser Gly Ser Asn Ser Cys Pr - #o Leu Thr Gly Leu Ile    #       125    - Pro Ser Gly Tyr Ile Arg Ile Ala Ala Met Ly - #s His Gly Ser Arg Thr    #   140    - Pro Gly His Leu Phe Tyr Asn Leu Thr Val Se - #r Val Thr Lys Tyr Pro    145                 1 - #50                 1 - #55                 1 -    #60    - Lys Phe Arg Ser Leu Gln Cys Val Asn Asn Hi - #s Thr Ser Val Tyr Leu    #               175    - Asn Gly Asp Leu Val Phe Thr Ser Asn Tyr Th - #r Glu Asp Val Val Ala    #           190    - Ala Gly Val His Phe Lys Ser Gly Gly Pro Il - #e Thr Tyr Lys Val Met    #       205    - Arg Glu Val Lys Ala Leu Ala Tyr Phe Val As - #n Gly Thr Ala His Asp    #   220    - Val Ile Leu Cys Asp Asp Thr Pro Arg Gly Le - #u Leu Ala Cys Gln Tyr    #240    - Asn Thr Gly Asn Phe Ser Asp Gly Phe Tyr Pr - #o Phe Thr Asn Thr Ser    #               255    - Ile Val Lys Asp Lys Phe Ile Val Tyr Arg Gl - #u Ser Ser Val Asn Thr    #           270    - Thr Leu Thr Leu Thr Asn Phe Thr Phe Ser As - #n Glu Ser Gly Ala Pro    #       285    - Pro Asn Thr Gly Gly Val Asp Ser Phe Ile Le - #u Tyr Gln Thr Gln Thr    #   300    - Ala Gln Ser Gly Tyr Tyr Asn Phe Asn Phe Se - #r Phe Leu Ser Ser Phe    305                 3 - #10                 3 - #15                 3 -    #20    - Val Tyr Arg Glu Ser Asn Tyr Met Tyr Gly Se - #r Tyr His Pro Ala Cys    #               335    - Ser Phe Arg Pro Glu Thr Leu Asn Gly Leu Tr - #p Ser Asn Ser Leu Ser    #           350    - Val Ser Leu Ile Tyr Gly Pro Ile Gln Gly Gl - #y Cys Lys Gln Ser Val    #       365    - Phe Asn Gly Lys Ala Thr Cys Cys Tyr Ala Ty - #r Ser Tyr Gly Gly Pro    #   380    - Arg Ala Cys Lys Gly Val Tyr Arg Gly Glu Le - #u Thr Gln His Phe Glu    385                 3 - #90                 3 - #95                 4 -    #00    - Cys Gly Leu Leu Val Tyr Val Thr Lys Ser As - #p Gly Ser Arg Ile Gln    #               415    - Thr Ala Thr Gln Pro Pro Val Leu Thr Gln As - #n Phe Tyr Asn Asn Ile    #           430    - Thr Leu Gly Lys Cys Val Asp Tyr Asn Val Ty - #r Gly Arg Thr Gly Gln    #       445    - Gly Phe Ile Thr Asn Val Thr Asp Leu Ala Th - #r Ser His Asn Tyr Leu    #   460    - Ala Glu Gly Gly Leu Ala Ile Leu Asp Thr Se - #r Gly Ala Ile Asp Ile    465                 4 - #70                 4 - #75                 4 -    #80    - Phe Val Val Gln Gly Glu Tyr Gly Pro Asn Ty - #r Tyr Lys Val Asn Leu    #               495    - Cys Glu Asp Val Asn Gln Gln Phe Val Val Se - #r Gly Gly Lys Leu Val    #            510    - Gly Ile Leu Thr Ser Arg Asn Glu Thr Gly Se - #r Gln Pro Leu Glu Asn    #       525    - Gln Phe Tyr Ile Lys Ile Thr Asn Gly Thr Hi - #s Arg Ser Arg Arg Ser    #   540    - Val Asn Glu Asn Val Thr Asn Cys Pro Tyr Va - #l Ser Tyr Gly Lys Phe    545                 5 - #50                 5 - #55                 5 -    #60    - Cys Ile Lys Pro Asp Gly Ser Val Ser Pro Il - #e Val Pro Lys Glu Leu    #               575    - Glu Gln Phe Val Ala Pro Leu Leu Asn Val Th - #r Glu Asn Val Leu Ile    #           590    - Pro Asn Ser Phe Asn Leu Thr Val Thr Asp Gl - #u Tyr Ile Gln Thr Arg    #       605    - Met Asp Lys Val Gln Ile Arg    #   615    - (2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO:18:    -      (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:    #pairs    (A) LENGTH: 2116 base              (B) TYPE: nucleic acid              (C) STRANDEDNESS: double              (D) TOPOLOGY: linear    -     (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: DNA (genomic)    -    (iii) HYPOTHETICAL: NO    -     (iv) ANTI-SENSE: NO    -     (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO:18:    - TATAATTATC TAGCAGACGC AGGTATGGCT ATTTTAGATA CATCTGGTTC CA - #TAGACATC      60    - TTTGTTGCAC AAGGTGAATA TGGCCTTACT TATTATAAGG CTAACCCTTG CG - #AAGACGTC     120    - AACCAGCAGT TTGTAGTTTC TGGTGGTAAA TTAGTAGGTA TTCTTACTTC AC - #GTAATGAG     180    - ACTGGTTCTC AGCTTCTTGA GAACCAGTTT TACATTAAAA TCACTAATGG AA - #CACGTCGT     240    - TCTAGACGTT CTATTACTGC AAATGTHACA AATYGCCCTT ATGTTAGCTA TG - #GCAAGTTT     300    - TGTCTAAAAC CTGATGGYTC AGYTTCTGYT ATAGCACCAC NNNNNNNNNN NN - #NNNNNNNN     360    - NNNNNNNNNN NNNNNNNNNN NNNNNNNNNN NNNNNNNNNN NNNNNNNNNN NN - #NNNNNNNN     420    - NNNNNNNNNN NNNNNNNNNN NNNNNNNNNN NNNNNNNNNN NNNNNNNNNN NN - #NNNNNNNT     480    - GTTTGTGGCA ATTCTCTGGA TTGTAGAAAG TTGYTTCAAC AATATGGGCC TG - #TTTGBGAC     540    - AACATATTGT CTGTGGTAAA TAGTGTTGGT CAAAAAGAAG ATATGGAACT TC - #UAAATCTC     600    - TATTCTTCTA CTAAACCATC TGGCTTTAAT ACACCAGTTT TTAGTAATCT YA - #GCACTGGC     660    - GATTTYAATA TTTCTCTTYT GGTTGACACC TCCAGTAGTA CTACTGGGCG CT - #CTTTTATT     720    - GAAGATCTTT TATTTACAAG TGTTGAATCT GTTGGATTAC CAACAGATGA AG - #CTTATAAA     780    - AAGTGCACTG CAGGACCTTT AGGCTTCCTT AAGGACCTBG CGTGTGCTCG TG - #AATATAAT     840    - GGCTTGCTTG YNNNNNNCCC TATTATAACA GCAGAAATGC AAACCTTGTA TA - #CTAGTTCT     900    - TTAGTAGCTT CTATGGCTTT TGGTGGGATT ACTGCAGCTG GTGCTATACC TT - #TTGCCACA     960    - CAACTGCAGG CTAGAATTAA TCACTTGGGT ATTACCCAGT CACTTTTGCA GA - #AAAATCAA    1020    - GAAAAAATTG CTGCCTCCTT TAATAAGGCC ATTGGCCATA TGCAGGAAGG TT - #TTAGAAGT    1080    - ACATCTCTAG CATTACAACA AGTYCAMGAT GTTGTTAATA AGCAGAGTGC TA - #TTCTTACT    1140    - GAGACTATGG CATCACTTAA TAAAAATTTK GGTGCTATTT CTTCTGTGAT TC - #AAGATATC    1200    - TACCAGCAAC TTGACGCCAT ACAAGCAAAT GCTCAAGTGG ATCGTCTTAT AA - #CTGGTAGA    1260    - TTGTCATCAC TTTCTGTTTT AGCATCTGCT AAGCAGGCGG AGTATATTAG AG - #TGTCACAA    1320    - CAGCGTGAGT TAGCTACTCA GAAAATTAAT GAGTGTGTTA AATCACAGTC TA - #TTAGGTAC    1380    - TCCTTTTGTG GTAATGGACG ACACGTTCTA ACTATACCGC AAAATGCACC TA - #ATGGTATA    1440    - GTGTTTATAC ACTTTACTTA TACTCCAGAG AGTTTTGKTA ATGTTACTGC AA - #TAGTGGGT    1500    - TTTTGTAARG CCGCTAATGC TAGTCAGTAT GCAATAGTGC CTGCTAATGG CA - #GAGGTATT    1560    - TCTATACAAG TTAATGGTAG TCACTACATC ACTGCACGAG ATATGTATAT GC - #CAAGAGAT    1620    - ATTACTGCAG GAGATATAGT TACGCTTACT TCTTGTCAAG CAAATTATGT AA - #GTGTAMMT    1680    - AAGACCGTCA TTACYACATT HGTAGACAAT GATGATTTTG ATTTTGATGA CG - #AATTGTCA    1740    - AAATGGTGGA ATGATACTAA GCATGAGCTA CCAGACTTTG ACGAATTCAA TT - #ACACAGTA    1800    - CCTATACTTG ACATTGGTAG TGAAATTGAT CGTATTCAAG GCGTTATACA GG - #GCCTTAAT    1860    - GACTCTCTAA TAGACCTTGA AACACTATCA ATACTCAAAA CTTATATTAA GT - #GGCCTTGG    1920    - TATGTGTGGT TAGCCATAGC TTTTGSCACT ATTATCTTCA TCCTAATATT AG - #GGTGGGTG    1980    - TTTTTCATGA CTGGTTGTTG TGGTTGTTGT TGTGGATGCT TTGGCATTAT TC - #CTCTAATG    2040    - AGCAAGTGTG GTAAGAAATC TTCTTATTAC ACGACTTTGG ATAATGATGT GG - #TAACTGAA    2100    #  2116    - (2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO:19:    -      (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:    #acids    (A) LENGTH: 705 amino              (B) TYPE: amino acid              (D) TOPOLOGY: linear    -     (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: protein    -    (iii) HYPOTHETICAL: NO    -     (iv) ANTI-SENSE: NO    -     (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO:19:    - Tyr Asn Tyr Leu Ala Asp Ala Gly Met Ala Il - #e Leu Asp Thr Ser Gly    #                 15    - Ser Ile Asp Ile Phe Val Ala Gln Gly Glu Ty - #r Gly Leu Thr Tyr Tyr    #            30    - Lys Ala Asn Pro Cys Glu Asp Val Asn Gln Gl - #n Phe Val Val Ser Gly    #        45    - Gly Lys Leu Val Gly Ile Leu Thr Ser Arg As - #n Glu Thr Gly Ser Gln    #    60    - Leu Leu Glu Asn Gln Phe Tyr Ile Lys Ile Th - #r Asn Gly Thr Arg Arg    #80    - Ser Arg Arg Ser Ile Thr Ala Asn Val Thr As - #n Xaa Pro Tyr Val Ser    #                95    - Tyr Gly Lys Phe Cys Leu Lys Pro Asp Gly Se - #r Xaa Ser Xaa Ile Ala    #           110    - Pro Xaa Xaa Xaa Xaa Xaa Xaa Xaa Xaa Xaa Xa - #a Xaa Xaa Xaa Xaa Xaa    #       125    - Xaa Xaa Xaa Xaa Xaa Xaa Xaa Xaa Xaa Xaa Xa - #a Xaa Xaa Xaa Xaa Xaa    #   140    - Xaa Xaa Xaa Xaa Xaa Xaa Xaa Xaa Xaa Xaa Xa - #a Xaa Xaa Xaa Xaa Xaa    145                 1 - #50                 1 - #55                 1 -    #60    - Val Cys Gly Asn Ser Leu Asp Cys Arg Lys Le - #u Xaa Gln Gln Tyr Gly    #               175    - Pro Val Xaa Asp Asn Ile Leu Ser Val Val As - #n Ser Val Gly Gln Lys    #           190    - Glu Asp Met Glu Leu Leu Asn Leu Tyr Ser Se - #r Thr Lys Pro Ser Gly    #       205    - Phe Asn Thr Pro Val Phe Ser Asn Leu Ser Th - #r Gly Asp Phe Asn Ile    #   220    - Ser Leu Leu Val Asp Thr Ser Ser Ser Thr Th - #r Gly Arg Ser Phe Ile    225                 2 - #30                 2 - #35                 2 -    #40    - Glu Asp Leu Leu Phe Thr Ser Val Glu Ser Va - #l Gly Leu Pro Thr Asp    #               255    - Glu Ala Tyr Lys Lys Cys Thr Ala Gly Pro Le - #u Gly Phe Leu Lys Asp    #           270    - Leu Ala Cys Ala Arg Glu Tyr Asn Gly Leu Le - #u Xaa Xaa Xaa Pro Ile    #       285    - Ile Thr Ala Glu Met Gln Thr Leu Tyr Thr Se - #r Ser Leu Val Ala  Ser    #   300    - Met Ala Phe Gly Gly Ile Thr Ala Ala Gly Al - #a Ile Pro Phe Ala Thr    305                 3 - #10                 3 - #15                 3 -    #20    - Gln Leu Gln Ala Arg Ile Asn His Leu Gly Il - #e Thr Gln Ser Leu Leu    #               335    - Gln Lys Asn Gln Glu Lys Ile Ala Ala Ser Ph - #e Asn Lys Ala Ile Gly    #           350    - His Met Gln Glu Gly Phe Arg Ser Thr Ser Le - #u Ala Leu Gln Gln Val    #       365    - Xaa Asp Val Val Asn Lys Gln Ser Ala Ile Le - #u Thr Glu Thr Met Ala    #   380    - Ser Leu Asn Lys Asn Xaa Gly Ala Ile Ser Se - #r Val Ile Gln Asp Ile    385                 3 - #90                 3 - #95                 4 -    #00    - Tyr Gln Gln Leu Asp Ala Ile Gln Ala Asn Al - #a Gln Val Asp Arg Leu    #               415    - Ile Thr Gly Arg Leu Ser Ser Leu Ser Val Le - #u Ala Ser Ala Lys Gln    #           430    - Ala Glu Tyr Ile Arg Val Ser Gln Gln Arg Gl - #u Leu Ala Thr Gln Lys    #       445    - Ile Asn Glu Cys Val Lys Ser Gln Ser Ile Ar - #g Tyr Ser Phe Cys Gly    #   460    - Asn Gly Arg His Val Leu Thr Ile Pro Gln As - #n Ala Pro Asn Gly Ile    465                 4 - #70                 4 - #75                 4 -    #80    - Val Phe Ile His Phe Thr Tyr Thr Pro Glu Se - #r Phe Xaa Asn Val Thr    #               495    - Ala Ile Val Gly Phe Cys Lys Ala Ala Asn Al - #a Ser Gln Tyr Ala Ile    #           510    - Val Pro Ala Asn Gly Arg Gly Ile Ser Ile Gl - #n Val Asn Gly Ser His    #       525    - Tyr Ile Thr Ala Arg Asp Met Tyr Met Pro Ar - #g Asp Ile Thr Ala Gly    #   540    - Asp Ile Val Thr Leu Thr Ser Cys Gln Ala As - #n Tyr Val Ser Val Xaa    545                 5 - #50                 5 - #55                 5 -    #60    - Lys Thr Val Ile Thr Thr Xaa Val Asp Asn As - #p Asp Phe Asp Phe Asp    #               575    - Asp Glu Leu Ser Lys Trp Trp Asn Asp Thr Ly - #s His Glu Leu Pro Asp    #           590    - Phe Asp Glu Phe Asn Tyr Thr Val Pro Ile Le - #u Asp Ile Gly Ser Glu    #       605    - Ile Asp Arg Ile Gln Gly Val Ile Gln Gly Le - #u Asn Asp Ser Leu Ile    #   620    - Asp Leu Glu Thr Leu Ser Ile Leu Lys Thr Ty - #r Ile Lys Trp Pro Trp    625                 6 - #30                 6 - #35                 6 -    #40    - Tyr Val Trp Leu Ala Ile Ala Phe Xaa Thr Il - #e Ile Phe Ile Leu Ile    #               655    - Leu Gly Trp Val Phe Phe Met Thr Gly Cys Cy - #s Gly Cys Cys Cys Gly    #           670    - Cys Phe Gly Ile Ile Pro Leu Met Ser Lys Cy - #s Gly Lys Lys Ser Ser    #       685    - Tyr Tyr Thr Thr Leu Asp Asn Asp Val Val Th - #r Glu Gln Xaa Arg Pro    #   700    - Lys    705    - (2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO:20:    -      (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:    #pairs    (A) LENGTH: 36 base              (B) TYPE: nucleic acid              (C) STRANDEDNESS: double              (D) TOPOLOGY: linear    -     (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: DNA (genomic)    -    (iii) HYPOTHETICAL: NO    -     (iv) ANTI-SENSE: NO    -     (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO:20:    #       36         GGGG ATCCTCTAGA GTCGAC    - (2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO:21:    -      (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:    #pairs    (A) LENGTH: 57 base              (B) TYPE: nucleic acid              (C) STRANDEDNESS: double              (D) TOPOLOGY: linear    -     (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: DNA (genomic)    -    (iii) HYPOTHETICAL: NO    -     (iv) ANTI-SENSE: NO    -     (ix) FEATURE:              (A) NAME/KEY: CDS              (B) LOCATION: 13..57    -     (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO:21:    - CACAGCTCAA CA ATG AAG TGG GCA ACG TGG ATC GAT - # CCC GTC GTT TTA      48                  Met Lys Tr - #p Ala Thr Trp Ile Asp Pro Val Val Leu    #             10    #         57    Gln Arg Arg             15    - (2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO:22:    -      (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:    #acids    (A) LENGTH: 15 amino              (B) TYPE: amino acid              (D) TOPOLOGY: linear    -     (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: protein    -     (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO:22:    - Met Lys Trp Ala Thr Trp Ile Asp Pro Val Va - #l Leu Gln Arg Arg    #                 15    - (2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO:23:    -      (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:    #pairs    (A) LENGTH: 57 base              (B) TYPE: nucleic acid              (C) STRANDEDNESS: double              (D) TOPOLOGY: linear    -     (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: DNA (genomic)    -    (iii) HYPOTHETICAL: NO    -     (iv) ANTI-SENSE: NO    -     (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO:23:    - ACTCGGGCAG CGTTGGGTCC TGGGACTCTA GAGGATCGAT CCCCTATGGC GA - #TCATC      57    - (2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO:24:    -      (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:    #pairs    (A) LENGTH: 99 base              (B) TYPE: nucleic acid              (C) STRANDEDNESS: double              (D) TOPOLOGY: linear    -     (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: DNA (genomic)    -    (iii) HYPOTHETICAL: NO    -     (iv) ANTI-SENSE: NO    -     (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO:24:    - GCGCCCACGT GGCCTGGTAC AATTCGAGCT CGCCCGGGGA TCCTCTAGAG TC - #GACTCTAG      60    #    99            AGTC GGCGGGACGA GCCCGCGAT    - (2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO:25:    -      (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:    #pairs    (A) LENGTH: 57 base              (B) TYPE: nucleic acid              (C) STRANDEDNESS: double              (D) TOPOLOGY: linear    -     (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: DNA (genomic)    -    (iii) HYPOTHETICAL: NO    -     (iv) ANTI-SENSE: NO    -     (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO:25:    - TCCACAGGAC CTGCAGCGAC CCGCTTAACA GCGTCAACAG CGTGCCGCAG AT - #CGGGG      57    - (2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO:26:    -      (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:    #pairs    (A) LENGTH: 35 base              (B) TYPE: nucleic acid              (C) STRANDEDNESS: double              (D) TOPOLOGY: linear    -     (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: DNA (genomic)    -    (iii) HYPOTHETICAL: NO    -     (iv) ANTI-SENSE: NO    -     (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO:26:    #       35         GGGG GAGGCTAACT GAAAC    - (2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO:27:    -      (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:    #pairs    (A) LENGTH: 103 base              (B) TYPE: nucleic acid              (C) STRANDEDNESS: double              (D) TOPOLOGY: linear    -     (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: DNA (genomic)    -    (iii) HYPOTHETICAL: NO    -     (iv) ANTI-SENSE: NO    -     (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO:27:    - GCTCATGGTG GCCCCCGGGC GGTTCAACGA GGGCCAGTAC CGGCGCCTGG TG - #TCCGTCGA      60    #103               AGAG GATCCCCGGG CGAGCTCGAA TTC    - (2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO:28:    -      (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:    #pairs    (A) LENGTH: 66 base              (B) TYPE: nucleic acid              (C) STRANDEDNESS: double              (D) TOPOLOGY: linear    -     (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: DNA (genomic)    -    (iii) HYPOTHETICAL: NO    -     (iv) ANTI-SENSE: NO    -     (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO:28:    - GAATTCGAGC TCGCCCGGGG ATCCTCTAGA GTCGACGTCT GGGGCGCGGG GG - #TGGTGCTC      60    #           66    - (2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO:29:    -      (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:    #pairs    (A) LENGTH: 66 base              (B) TYPE: nucleic acid              (C) STRANDEDNESS: double              (D) TOPOLOGY: linear    -     (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: DNA (genomic)    -    (iii) HYPOTHETICAL: NO    -     (iv) ANTI-SENSE: NO    -     (ix) FEATURE:              (A) NAME/KEY: CDS              (B) LOCATION: 16..66    -     (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO:29:    #GAT CCC GTC GTT TTA      51GG GCA ACG TGG ATC    #Lys Trp Ala Thr Trp Ile Asp Pro Val Val L - #eu    #                10    #    66            GG    Gln Arg Arg Asp Trp             15    - (2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO:30:    -      (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:    #acids    (A) LENGTH: 17 amino              (B) TYPE: amino acid              (D) TOPOLOGY: linear    -     (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: protein    -     (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO:30:    - Met Lys Trp Ala Thr Trp Ile Asp Pro Val Va - #l Leu Gln Arg Arg Asp    #                 15    - Trp    - (2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO:31:    -      (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:    #pairs    (A) LENGTH: 132 base              (B) TYPE: nucleic acid              (C) STRANDEDNESS: double              (D) TOPOLOGY: linear    -     (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: DNA (genomic)    -    (iii) HYPOTHETICAL: NO    -     (iv) ANTI-SENSE: NO    -     (ix) FEATURE:              (A) NAME/KEY: CDS              (B) LOCATION: 1..93    -     (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO:31:    - GAC GAC TCC TGG AGC CCG TCA GTA TCG GCG GA - #A ATC CAG CTG AGC GCC      48    Asp Asp Ser Trp Ser Pro Ser Val Ser Ala Gl - #u Ile Gln Leu Ser Ala    #                 15    - GGT CGC TAC CAT TAC CAG TTG GTC TGG TGT CA - #A AAA GAT CTA GAA    #93    Gly Arg Tyr His Tyr Gln Leu Val Trp Cys Gl - #n Lys Asp Leu Glu    #             30    #   132            TCCC CTATGGCGAT CATCAGGGC    - (2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO:32:    -      (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:    #acids    (A) LENGTH: 31 amino              (B) TYPE: amino acid              (D) TOPOLOGY: linear    -     (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: protein    -     (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO:32:    - Asp Asp Ser Trp Ser Pro Ser Val Ser Ala Gl - #u Ile Gln Leu Ser Ala    #                 15    - Gly Arg Tyr His Tyr Gln Leu Val Trp Cys Gl - #n Lys Asp Leu Glu    #             30    - (2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO:33:    -      (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:    #pairs    (A) LENGTH: 66 base              (B) TYPE: nucleic acid              (C) STRANDEDNESS: double              (D) TOPOLOGY: linear    -     (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: DNA (genomic)    -    (iii) HYPOTHETICAL: NO    -     (iv) ANTI-SENSE: NO    -     (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO:33:    - AACGAGGGCC AGTACCGGCG CCTGGTGTCC GTCGACTCTA GAGGATCCCC GG - #GCGAGCTC      60    #           66    - (2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO:34:    -      (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:    #pairs    (A) LENGTH: 65 base              (B) TYPE: nucleic acid              (C) STRANDEDNESS: double              (D) TOPOLOGY: linear    -     (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: DNA (genomic)    -    (iii) HYPOTHETICAL: NO    -     (iv) ANTI-SENSE: NO    -     (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO:34:    - CAGGTCGAAG CTTGGGCGCT GCCTATGTAG TGAAATCTAT ACTGGGATTT AT - #CATAACTA      60    #            65    - (2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO:35:    -      (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:    #pairs    (A) LENGTH: 65 base              (B) TYPE: nucleic acid              (C) STRANDEDNESS: double              (D) TOPOLOGY: linear    -     (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: DNA (genomic)    -    (iii) HYPOTHETICAL: NO    -     (iv) ANTI-SENSE: NO    -     (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO:35:    - AATAATCTAT CACTTTGTCA TGGAGATGCC CAAGCTTCGA CGACTCCCTT GG - #CCATGATG      60    #            65    - (2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO:36:    -      (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:    #pairs    (A) LENGTH: 65 base              (B) TYPE: nucleic acid              (C) STRANDEDNESS: double              (D) TOPOLOGY: linear    -     (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: DNA (genomic)    -    (iii) HYPOTHETICAL: NO    -     (iv) ANTI-SENSE: NO    -     (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO:36:    - TATACCAGCT ACGGCGCTAG CATTCATGGT ATCCCGTGAT TGCTCGATGC TT - #TCCTTCTG      60    #            65    - (2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO:37:    -      (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:    #pairs    (A) LENGTH: 65 base              (B) TYPE: nucleic acid              (C) STRANDEDNESS: double              (D) TOPOLOGY: linear    -     (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: DNA (genomic)    -    (iii) HYPOTHETICAL: NO    -     (iv) ANTI-SENSE: NO    -     (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO:37:    - AAGCTTGGCC TCGTCGTTAA TTAACCCAAT TCGAGCTCGC CCAGCTTGGG CT - #GCAGGTCG      60    #            65    - (2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO:38:    -      (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:    #pairs    (A) LENGTH: 65 base              (B) TYPE: nucleic acid              (C) STRANDEDNESS: double              (D) TOPOLOGY: linear    -     (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: DNA (genomic)    -    (iii) HYPOTHETICAL: NO    -     (iv) ANTI-SENSE: NO    -     (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO:38:    - TGTTTCAGTT AGCCTCCCCC ATCTCCCGAC TCTAGAGGAT CTCGACATAG CG - #AATACATT      60    #            65    - (2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO:39:    -      (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:    #pairs    (A) LENGTH: 130 base              (B) TYPE: nucleic acid              (C) STRANDEDNESS: double              (D) TOPOLOGY: linear    -     (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: DNA (genomic)    -    (iii) HYPOTHETICAL: NO    -     (iv) ANTI-SENSE: NO    -     (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO:39:    - AACGTATATA TTTTTCACGA CGTAGACCAC TATTGCCATG GACTCTAGAG GA - #TCGGGTAC      60    - CGAGCTCGAA TTGGGAAGCT TGTCGACTTA ATTAAGCGGC CGCGTTTAAA CG - #GCCCTCGA     120    #       130    - (2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO:40:    -      (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:    #pairs    (A) LENGTH: 60 base              (B) TYPE: nucleic acid              (C) STRANDEDNESS: double              (D) TOPOLOGY: linear    -     (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: DNA (genomic)    -    (iii) HYPOTHETICAL: NO    -     (iv) ANTI-SENSE: NO    -     (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO:40:    - GTCGACGTCT GGGGCGCGGG GGTGGTGCTC TTCGAGACGC TGCCTACCCC AA - #GACGATCG      60    - (2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO:41:    -      (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:    #pairs    (A) LENGTH: 60 base              (B) TYPE: nucleic acid              (C) STRANDEDNESS: double              (D) TOPOLOGY: linear    -     (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: DNA (genomic)    -    (iii) HYPOTHETICAL: NO    -     (iv) ANTI-SENSE: NO    -     (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO:41:    - AGCTCAACAA TGAAGTGGGC AACGTGGATC GATCCCGTCG TTTTACAACG TC - #GTGACTGG      60    - (2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO:42:    -      (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:    #pairs    (A) LENGTH: 120 base              (B) TYPE: nucleic acid              (C) STRANDEDNESS: double              (D) TOPOLOGY: linear    -     (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: DNA (genomic)    -    (iii) HYPOTHETICAL: NO    -     (iv) ANTI-SENSE: NO    -     (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO:42:    - GAGCCCGTCA GTATCGGCGG AAATCCAGCT GAGCGCCGGT CGCTACCATT AC - #CAGTTGGT      60    - GTTGGTCTGG TGTCAAAAAG ATCCGGACCG CGCCGTTAGC CAAGTTGCGT TA - #GAGAATGA     120    - (2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO:43:    -      (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:    #pairs    (A) LENGTH: 60 base              (B) TYPE: nucleic acid              (C) STRANDEDNESS: double              (D) TOPOLOGY: linear    -     (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: DNA (genomic)    -    (iii) HYPOTHETICAL: NO    -     (iv) ANTI-SENSE: NO    -     (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO:43:    - ACACAGTCAC ACTCATGGGG GCCGAAGGCA GAATTCGTAA TCATGGTCAT AG - #CTGTTTCC      60    - (2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO:44:    -      (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:    #pairs    (A) LENGTH: 60 base              (B) TYPE: nucleic acid              (C) STRANDEDNESS: double              (D) TOPOLOGY: linear    -     (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: DNA (genomic)    -    (iii) HYPOTHETICAL: NO    -     (iv) ANTI-SENSE: NO    -     (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO:44:    - AAACCTGTCG TGCCAGCGAG CTCGGGATCC TCTAGAGGAT CCCCGGGCCC CG - #CCCCCTGC      60    - (2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO:45:    -      (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:    #pairs    (A) LENGTH: 60 base              (B) TYPE: nucleic acid              (C) STRANDEDNESS: double              (D) TOPOLOGY: linear    -     (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: DNA (genomic)    -    (iii) HYPOTHETICAL: NO    -     (iv) ANTI-SENSE: NO    -     (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO:45:    - TCGTCCACAC GGAGCGCGGC TGCCGACACG GATCCCGGTT GGCGCCCTCC AG - #GTGCAGGA      60    - (2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO:46:    -      (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:    #pairs    (A) LENGTH: 60 base              (B) TYPE: nucleic acid              (C) STRANDEDNESS: double              (D) TOPOLOGY: linear    -     (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: DNA (genomic)    -    (iii) HYPOTHETICAL: NO    -     (iv) ANTI-SENSE: NO    -     (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO:46:    - AACCCCCCCC CCCCCCCCCC CCCCCCCCTG CAGGCATCGT GGTGTCACGC TC - #GTCGTTTG      60    - (2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO:47:    -      (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:    #pairs    (A) LENGTH: 60 base              (B) TYPE: nucleic acid              (C) STRANDEDNESS: double              (D) TOPOLOGY: linear    -     (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: DNA (genomic)    -    (iii) HYPOTHETICAL: NO    -     (iv) ANTI-SENSE: NO    -     (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO:47:    - TGTCATGCCA TCCGTAAGAT GCTTTTCTGT GACTGGTGAG TCGGATCCTC TA - #GAGTCGAC      60    - (2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO:48:    -      (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:    #pairs    (A) LENGTH: 2681 base              (B) TYPE: nucleic acid              (C) STRANDEDNESS: double              (D) TOPOLOGY: linear    -     (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: DNA (genomic)    -    (iii) HYPOTHETICAL: NO    -     (iv) ANTI-SENSE: NO    -     (ix) FEATURE:              (A) NAME/KEY: CDS              (B) LOCATION: 146..481    -     (ix) FEATURE:              (A) NAME/KEY: CDS    #(602..1402)) LOCATION: complement    -     (ix) FEATURE:              (A) NAME/KEY: CDS              (B) LOCATION: 1599..2135    -     (ix) FEATURE:              (A) NAME/KEY: CDS    #(2308..2634) LOCATION: complement    -     (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO:48:    - TTTATCGGAC CTTGGGTATT CAGGGGAACC CATCTGGTTG AAATGCATCC GA - #CCCTGCAC      60    - TTGATCCTGG TTACCCCGAC CCAANTTTTA AGCCGGCTGG CGCGGTCCCT AG - #ATAACCCC     120    - CCGCTTAAAA CTAGCCCCAA TATTGATGTG CAGATATAAC ACAGNNANCC GA - #TCAATGGA     180    - AGACATGCTA CGGCGGTCAT CTCCCGAAGA CATCACCGAT TCCCTAACAA TG - #TGCCTGAT     240    - TATGTTATCG CGCATTCGTC GTACCATGCG CACCGCAGGA AATAAATATA GC - #TATATGAT     300    - AGATCCAATG AATCGTATGT CTAATTACAC TCCAGGCGAA TGTATGACAG GT - #ATATTGCG     360    - ATATATTGAC GAACATGCTA GAAGGTGTCC TGATCACATA TGTAATTTGT AT - #ATCACATG     420    - TACACTTATG CCGATGTATG TGCACGGGCG ATATTTCTAT TGTAATTCAT TT - #TTTTGKTA     480    - GTAAACTACC ACAGGCTGTC CGGAAATCTA AGTTAATGAA TAAAGTAGAT GG - #TTAATACT     540    - CATTGCTTAG AATTGGACTA CTTTTAATYC TCTTTAATGT TCGTATTAAA TA - #AAAACATC     600    - TTTAATAAAC TTCAGCCTCT TCGCTTATTG TAGAAATTGA GTATTCAMAA TC - #ATGTTCAA     660    - AGCCGTCTTC GGAGAGTGTA CTCGCCACGG TGGTTGGAAC ATCACTATGT CT - #ACACGTCA     720    - AATTTAAGCA CGTCAGGTCT GTCGAGGACA AGAAATGGTT AACTAGTGTT TC - #AATTATTC     780    - TTATAAACGT TAAGCATTGT AAGCCCCCCG GCCGTCCGCA GCAACAATTT AC - #TAGTATGC     840    - CGTGGGCTCC GGGACTATCA CGGATGTCCA ATTCGCACAT GCATATAATT TT - #TCTAGGGT     900    - CTCTCATTTC GAGAAATCTT CGGGGATCCA TCAGCAATGC GGGCTGTAGT CC - #CGATTCCC     960    - GTTTCAAATG AAGGTGCTCC AACACGGTCT TCAAAGCAAC CGGCATACCA GC - #AAACACAG    1020    - ACTGCAACTC CCCGCTGCAA TGATTGGTTA TAAACAGTAA TCTGTCTTCT GG - #AAGTATAT    1080    - TTCGCCCGAC AATCCACGGC GCCCCCAAAG TTAAAAACCA TCCATGTGTA TT - #TGCGTCTT    1140    - CTCTGTTAAA AGAATATTGA CTGGCATTTT CCCGTTGACC GCCAGATATC CA - #AAGTACAG    1200    - CACGATGTTG CACGGACGAC TTTGCAGTCA CCAGCCTTCC TTTCCACCCC CC - #CACCAACA    1260    - AAATGTTTAT CGTAGGACCC ATATCCGTAA TAAGGATGGG TCTGGCAGCA AC - #CCCATAGG    1320    - CGCCTCGGCG TGGTAGTTCT CGAGGATACA TCCAAAGAGG TTGAGTATTC TC - #TCTACACT    1380    - TCTTGTTAAA TGGAAAGTGC ATTTGCTTGT TCTTACAATC GGCCCGAGTC TC - #GTTCACAG    1440    - CGCCTCGTTC ACACTTAAAC CACAAATAGT CTACAGGCTA TATGGGAGCC AG - #ACTGAAAC    1500    - TCACATATGA CTAATATTCG GGGGTGTTAG TCACGTGTAG CCCATTGTGT GC - #ATATAACG    1560    - ATGTTGGACG CGTCCTTATT CGCGGTGTAC TTGATACTAT GGCAGCGAGC AT - #GGGATATT    1620    - CATCCTCGTC ATCGTTAACA TCTCTACGGG TTCAGAATGT TTGGCATGTC GT - #CGATCCTT    1680    - TGCCCATCGT TGCAAATTAC AAGTCCGATC GCCATGACCG CGATAAGCCT GT - #ACCATGTG    1740    - GCATTAGGGT GACATCTCGA TCATACATTA TAAGACCAAC GTGCGAGTCT TC - #CAAAGACC    1800    - TGCACGCCTT CTTCTTCGGA TTGTCAACGG GTTCTTCAGA ATCTATGCCC AT - #ATCTGGCG    1860    - TTGAGACCAT TGTGCGTTTA ATGAACAATA AAGCGGCATG CCATGGAAAG GA - #GGGCTGCA    1920    - GATCTCCATT TTCTCACGCC ACTATCCTGG ACGCTGTAGA CGATAATTAT AC - #CATGAATA    1980    - TAGAGGGGGT ATGTTTCCAC TGCCACTGTG ATGATAAGTT TTCTCCAGAT TG - #TTGGATAT    2040    - CTGCATTTTC TGCTGCCGAA CAAACTTCAT CGCTATGCAA AGAGATGCGT GT - #GTACACGC    2100    - GCCGGTGGAG TATACGGGAA ACTAAATGTT CATAGAGGTC TTTGGGCTAT AT - #GTTATTAA    2160    - ATAAAATAAT TGACCAGTGA ACAATTTGTT TAATGTTAGT TTATTCAATG CA - #TTGGTTGC    2220    - AAATATTCAT TACTTCTCCA ATCCCAGGTC ATTCTTTAGC GAGATGATGT TA - #TGACATTG    2280    - CTGTGAAAAT TACTACAGGA TATATTTTTA AGATGCAGGA GTAACAATGT GC - #ATAGTAGG    2340    - CGTAGTTATC GCAGACGTGC AACGCTTCGC ATTTGAGTTA CCGAAGTGCC CA - #ACAGTGCT    2400    - GCGGTTATGG TTTATGCGCA CAGAATCCAT GCATGTCCTA ATTGAACCAT CC - #GATTTTTC    2460    - TTTTAATCGC GATCGATGTT TGGGCAACTG CGTTATTTCA GATCTAAAAA AT - #TTACCCTY    2520    - TATGACCATC ACATCTCTCT GGYTCATACC CCGCTTGGGN TAAGATATCA TG - #TAGATTCC    2580    - GCCCCTAAGA AATTGCAAAC TAACATNATT GNCGGGTTCC ATATACAATC CC - #ATCTTGTC    2640    # 2681             CTCG CGCAATAGAC CCCCGTACAT T    - (2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO:49:    -      (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:    #acids    (A) LENGTH: 111 amino              (B) TYPE: amino acid              (C) STRANDEDNESS: double              (D) TOPOLOGY: linear    -     (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: DNA (genomic)    -    (iii) HYPOTHETICAL: NO    -     (iv) ANTI-SENSE: NO    -     (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO:49:    - Met Cys Arg Tyr Asn Thr Xaa Xaa Arg Ser Me - #t Glu Asp Met Leu Arg    #                15    - Arg Ser Ser Pro Glu Asp Ile Thr Asp Ser Le - #u Thr Met Cys Leu Ile    #            30    - Met Leu Ser Arg Ile Arg Arg Thr Met Arg Th - #r Ala Gly Asn Lys Tyr    #        45    - Ser Tyr Met Ile Asp Pro Met Asn Arg Met Se - #r Asn Tyr Thr Pro Gly    #    60    - Glu Cys Met Thr Gly Ile Leu Arg Tyr Ile As - #p Glu His Ala Arg Arg    #80    - Cys Pro Asp His Ile Cys Asn Leu Tyr Ile Th - #r Cys Thr Leu Met Pro    #                 95    - Met Tyr Val His Gly Arg Tyr Phe Tyr Cys As - #n Ser Phe Phe Xaa    #           110    - (2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO:50:    -      (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:    #acids    (A) LENGTH: 266 amino              (B) TYPE: amino acid              (C) STRANDEDNESS: double              (D) TOPOLOGY: linear    -     (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: DNA (genomic)    -    (iii) HYPOTHETICAL: NO    -     (iv) ANTI-SENSE: NO    -     (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO:50:    - Met His Phe Pro Phe Asn Lys Lys Cys Arg Gl - #u Asn Thr Gln Pro Leu    #                15    - Trp Met Tyr Pro Arg Glu Leu Pro Arg Arg Gl - #y Ala Tyr Gly Val Ala    #            30    - Ala Arg Pro Ile Leu Ile Thr Asp Met Gly Pr - #o Thr Ile Asn Ile Leu    #        45    - Leu Val Gly Gly Trp Lys Gly Arg Leu Val Th - #r Ala Lys Ser Ser Val    #    60    - Gln His Arg Ala Val Leu Trp Ile Ser Gly Gl - #y Gln Arg Glu Asn Ala    #80    - Ser Gln Tyr Ser Phe Asn Arg Glu Asp Ala As - #n Thr His Gly Trp Phe    #                95    - Leu Thr Leu Gly Ala Pro Trp Ile Val Gly Ar - #g Asn Ile Leu Pro Glu    #           110    - Asp Arg Leu Leu Phe Ile Thr Asn His Cys Se - #r Gly Glu Leu Gln Ser    #       125    - Val Phe Ala Gly Met Pro Val Ala Leu Lys Th - #r Val Leu Glu His Leu    #   140    - His Leu Lys Arg Glu Ser Gly Leu Gln Pro Al - #a Leu Leu Met Asp Pro    145                 1 - #50                 1 - #55                 1 -    #60    - Arg Arg Phe Leu Glu Met Arg Asp Pro Arg Ly - #s Ile Ile Cys Met Cys    #               175    - Glu Leu Asp Ile Arg Asp Ser Pro Gly Ala Hi - #s Gly Ile Leu Val Asn    #           190    - Cys Cys Cys Gly Arg Pro Gly Gly Leu Gln Cy - #s Leu Thr Phe Ile Arg    #       205    - Ile Ile Glu Thr Leu Val Asn His Phe Leu Se - #r Ser Thr Asp Leu Thr    #   220    - Cys Leu Asn Leu Thr Cys Arg His Ser Asp Va - #l Pro Thr Thr Val Ala    225                 2 - #30                 2 - #35                 2 -    #40    - Ser Thr Leu Ser Glu Asp Gly Phe Glu His As - #p Xaa Glu Tyr Ser Ile    #                255    - Ser Thr Ile Ser Glu Glu Ala Glu Val Tyr    #           265    - (2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO:51:    -      (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:    #acids    (A) LENGTH: 178 amino              (B) TYPE: amino acid              (C) STRANDEDNESS: double              (D) TOPOLOGY: linear    -     (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: DNA (genomic)    -    (iii) HYPOTHETICAL: NO    -     (iv) ANTI-SENSE: NO    -     (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO:51:    - Met Ala Ala Ser Met Gly Tyr Ser Ser Ser Se - #r Ser Leu Thr Ser Leu    #                15    - Arg Val Gln Asn Val Trp His Val Val Asp Pr - #o Leu Pro Ile Val Ala    #            30    - Asn Tyr Lys Ser Asp Arg His Asp Arg Asp Ly - #s Pro Val Pro Cys Gly    #        45    - Ile Arg Val Thr Ser Arg Ser Tyr Ile Ile Ar - #g Pro Thr Cys Glu Ser    #    60    - Ser Lys Asp Leu His Ala Phe Phe Phe Gly Le - #u Ser Thr Gly Ser Ser    #80    - Glu Ser Met Pro Ile Ser Gly Val Glu Thr Il - #e Val Arg Leu Met  Asn    #                95    - Asn Lys Ala Ala Cys His Gly Lys Glu Gly Cy - #s Arg Ser Pro Phe Ser    #           110    - His Ala Thr Ile Leu Asp Ala Val Asp Asp As - #n Tyr Thr Met Asn Ile    #       125    - Glu Gly Val Cys Phe His Cys His Cys Asp As - #p Lys Phe Ser Pro Asp    #   140    - Cys Trp Ile Ser Ala Phe Ser Ala Ala Glu Gl - #n Thr Ser Ser Leu Cys    145                 1 - #50                 1 - #55                 1 -    #60    - Lys Glu Met Arg Val Tyr Thr Arg Arg Trp Se - #r Ile Arg Glu Thr Lys    #               175    - Cys Ser    - (2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO:52:    -      (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:    #acids    (A) LENGTH: 108 amino              (B) TYPE: amino acid              (C) STRANDEDNESS: double              (D) TOPOLOGY: linear    -     (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: DNA (genomic)    -    (iii) HYPOTHETICAL: NO    -     (iv) ANTI-SENSE: NO    -     (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO:52:    - Met Gly Leu Tyr Met Glu Pro Xaa Asn Xaa Va - #l Ser Leu Gln Phe Leu    #                15    - Arg Gly Gly Ile Tyr Met Ile Ser Xaa Pro Ly - #s Arg Gly Met Xaa Gln    #            30    - Arg Asp Val Met Val Ile Xaa Gly Lys Phe Ph - #e Arg Ser Glu Ile Thr    #        45    - Gln Leu Pro Lys His Arg Ser Arg Leu Lys Gl - #u Lys Ser Asp Gly Ser    #    60    - Ile Arg Thr Cys Met Asp Ser Val Arg Ile As - #n His Asn Arg Ser Thr    #80    - Val Gly His Phe Gly Asn Ser Asn Ala Lys Ar - #g Cys Thr Ser Ala Ile    #                95    - Thr Thr Pro Thr Met His Ile Val Thr Pro Al - #a Ser    #           105    - (2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO:53:    -      (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:    #pairs    (A) LENGTH: 37 base              (B) TYPE: nucleic acid              (C) STRANDEDNESS: single              (D) TOPOLOGY: linear    -     (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: DNA Oligonucleotide P - #rimer    -    (iii) HYPOTHETICAL: NO    -     (iv) ANTI-SENSE: YES    -     (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO:53:    #      37          CATT AAGCAAGAAT TCCGTCG    - (2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO:54:    -      (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:    #pairs    (A) LENGTH: 39 base              (B) TYPE: nucleic acid              (C) STRANDEDNESS: single              (D) TOPOLOGY: linear    -     (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: DNA Oligonucleotide P - #rimer    -    (iii) HYPOTHETICAL: NO    -     (iv) ANTI-SENSE: NO    -     (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO:54:    #    39            TCAG ATGACAAACC TGCAAGATC    - (2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO:55:    -      (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:    #pairs    (A) LENGTH: 57 base              (B) TYPE: nucleic acid              (C) STRANDEDNESS: double              (D) TOPOLOGY: linear    -     (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: DNA (genomic)    -    (iii) HYPOTHETICAL: NO    -     (iv) ANTI-SENSE: NO    -     (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO:55:    - CTCGGCGTGG TAGTTCTCGA GGCCTTAATT AAGGCCCTCG AGGATACATC CA - #AAGAG      57    - (2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO:56:    -      (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:    #pairs    (A) LENGTH: 63 base              (B) TYPE: nucleic acid              (C) STRANDEDNESS: double              (D) TOPOLOGY: linear    -     (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: DNA (genomic)    -    (iii) HYPOTHETICAL: NO    -     (iv) ANTI-SENSE: NO    -     (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO:56:    - CGGCGTGGTA GTTCTCGAGG CCTTAAGCGG CCGCTTAAGG CCCTCGAGGA TA - #CATCCAAA      60    #             63    __________________________________________________________________________

What is claimed is:
 1. A recombinant herpesvirus of turkeys designated S-HVT-050 (ATCC Accession No. VR 2400).
 2. A vaccine which comprises an effective immunizing amount of the recombinant herpesvirus of turkeys of claim 1 and a suitable carrier.
 3. The vaccine of claim 2, wherein the suitable carrier is a physiologically balanced culture medium containing stabilizing agents.
 4. The vaccine of claim 2, wherein the effective immunizing amount is from 10² to 10⁹ PFU/dose.
 5. A method of immunizing a fowl against Marek's disease virus which comprises administering to the fowl an effective immunizing dose of the vaccine of claim
 2. 6. The method of immunizing a fowl in ovo against Marek's disease virus which comprises administering to the fowl in ovo an effective immunizing dose of the vaccine of claim
 2. 7. The method of claim 5, wherein the vaccine is administered by intramuscular, subcutaneous, intraperitoneal or intravenous injection.
 8. The method of claim 5, wherein the vaccine is administered intranasally, intraocularly, or orally.
 9. A method of immunizing a fowl against disease caused by Newcastle disease virus which comprises administering to the fowl an effective immunizing dose of the vaccine of claim
 2. 10. The method of immunizing a fowl in ovo against disease caused by Newcastle disease virus which comprises administering to the fowl in ovo an effective immunizing dose of the vaccine of claim
 2. 11. The method of claim 9, wherein the vaccine is administered by intramuscular, subcutaneous, intraperitoneal or intravenous injection.
 12. The method of claim 9, wherein the vaccine is administered intranasally or orally. 